[PATCH] Add compareToUnsigned to java.nio.*Buffer

[Paul Sandoz]

Thanks. I attached your patch to the issue:

  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202216 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202216>


> On Apr 24, 2018, at 5:51 AM, Robert Stupp <snazy at snazy.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> I've filed an RFE via https://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/start_form.do - seems to be JDK-9053522. It just has no option to add an attachment and I have no login to bugs.openjdk.java.net .
> 
> 
> On 04/23/2018 11:16 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>> The addition of mismatch is reasonable. I am unsure about compareToUnsigned, since we are trying to be a conservative about what we add to Buffer.
> On the one hand, it would be very nice to have compareToUnsigned() since the primitive wrapper classes have compareToUnsigned() as well. On the other hand, it would not be a big issue to build a similar functionality using *Buffer.mismatch().
> 

Exactly.

Paul.