Socket InputStream.available may return a positive value after shutdown

[Jing LV]

Hello,

     Alan (or anyone else), do we have time to discuss these postponed 
defects? Or do you have a outlook for this?
     Thank you.

于 2011-4-27 18:35, Alan Bateman 写道:
> Jing LV wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>     Currently I don't see any patch available so I am trying to 
>> create one by myself. I see the problem occurs in 
>> AbstractPlainSocketImpl.available() and it seems it is design to 
>> return 0 when meed a closed socket - this may not be correct 
>> according to the spec, thus change it like this. Would someone review 
>> please?
> I don't think I understand your proposed change as the connection 
> isn't reset in this case. Maybe you meant to change available to check 
> shut_rd? In any case, I think we need to be cautious as it would 
> change the behavior for the EOF case and so could cause problems for 
> existing applications. There is also a concern for custom SocketImpl 
> implementations that I mentioned previously. I think that whatever 
> approach is decided on will also require adding clarification to the 
> javadoc. So if it's okay with you, I think we should postpone this to 8.
>
> -Alan


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Best Regards,
Jimmy, Jing LV