RFR: 6766844: ByteArrayInputStream#read with a byte array of length 0 not consistent with InputStream when at EOF [v2]

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:49:37 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   6766844: Add bug ID to test
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> The spec for ByteArrayInputStream.read(byte[], off, len) is pretty specific about returning -1 if there is nothing to read.
> The spec inherited from InputStream doesn't supercede javadoc of BAIS.
> If the implementation is going to change then the spec will need to change too.
> It seems safer to document the inconsistency and avoid the risk of infinite loops.

@RogerRiggs I agree.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4591