RFR: 8297632: InputStream.transferTo() method should specify what the return value should be when the number of bytes transfered is larger than Long.MAX_VALUE [v7]

[Markus KARG]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:21:10 GMT, Vladimir Sitnikov <vsitnikov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> What do you think?
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>> I think that you are looking at an obsolete repository:
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>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/c328f9589ddc3a981a2c63801bd991f8e593e69f/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/InputStream.java#L802
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> I mean SequenceInputStream, not the base class: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/c328f9589ddc3a981a2c63801bd991f8e593e69f/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/SequenceInputStream.java#L249
> 
> Could you please double-check?

The solution proposed by @vlsi and outlined by @bplb in [JDK-8322141](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8322141) now can be reviewed in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/17119. I suggest to continue the discussion *there*.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11403#discussion_r1427692263