[PATCH] JDK-8054565: FilterOutputStream.close may throw IOException if called twice and underlying flush or close fails

[Alan Bateman]

On 05/12/2014 14:04, Chris Hegarty wrote:
>
> On 05/12/14 11:38, Pavel Rappo wrote:
>> +1, I couldn’t say better
>
> Right. This bug should only try to address the change in behavior that 
> was inadvertently introduced by 7015589[1][2].
>
> I don't see any reason to make 'closed' protected ( part of the public 
> Java SE API ), something like:
>
Right, no need for it to be protected. I think what you have seems right 
but we probably need a small spec clarification so that it reads "When 
not already closed, the close method of FilterOutputStream ...". That 
removes the testable assertion that flush that is always called.

-Alan