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

[Chris Hegarty]

On 21 Jan 2015, at 22:37, Nathan Clement <nathan.a.clement at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> 
> Thanks for your help on this one!  Will this be backported to JDK 8, or is that not allowed because of the spec change?

It is possible that the implementation only, not the spec changes, could be backported to 8u. I currently do not have any plans to do this. Is this something that really need in an 8 Update ?

-Chris.

> Thanks,
> 
> Nathan
> 
> > Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:13:18 +0000
> > From: chris.hegarty at oracle.com
> > To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net; nathan.a.clement at hotmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] JDK-8054565: FilterOutputStream.close may throw IOException if called twice and underlying flush or close fails
> > 
> > To close the loop; find below the complete reviewed changes.
> > 
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/8054565/webrev.00/webrev/
> > 
> > Since there is a minor spec change, I will submit a CCC to cover it. 
> > Unless any unforeseen issues arise from the CCC, you can assume that 
> > this is final.
> > 
> > -Chris.