RFR: 8059767: FileHandler should allow 'long' limits and handle overflow of MeteredStream.written.

[Daniel Fuchs]

On 07/10/14 21:50, Jason Mehrens wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
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> The only thing I noticed is a missing @since tag on the FileHandler.

Oops, thanks for catching that Jason.

-- daniel

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> Jason
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>> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:13:13 +0200
>> From: daniel.fuchs at oracle.com
>> To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: RFR: 8059767: FileHandler should allow 'long' limits and handle overflow of MeteredStream.written.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please find below a patch for:
>>
>> 8059767: FileHandler should allow 'long' limits and handle overflow
>> of MeteredStream.written.
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8059767
>>
>> webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/webrev_8059767/webrev.00/
>>
>> This follows an issue reported on this list:
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-August/028280.html
>>
>> The patch changes 'limit' from 'int' to 'long', fixes the
>> handling of overflow, and adds a new constructor that allows
>> to pass a long for 'limit'.
>> It also makes it possible to specify a long value for 'limit'
>> in the configuration.
>>
>> The test checks the handling of overflow by tweaking the
>> internal of MeteredStream through reflection. Not ideal, but
>> I couldn't find any other way.
>>
>> best regards,
>>
>> -- daniel