JDK-4155343 : DecimalFormat.format: build-in limitations not specified
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: docs
  • Sub-Component: guides
  • Affected Version: 1.2.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: solaris_2.5
  • CPU: sparc
  • Submitted: 1998-07-08
  • Updated: 1998-07-15
  • Resolved: 1998-07-15
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-4106664 - API: java.text.DecimalFormat.format(long n) fails if n * multiplier > MAX_LONG
Description

Name: saC57035			Date: 07/08/98


There are some internal limitations in the format(long, ...) method 
of DecimalFormat. It cannot correctly handle the case when the 
provided long value * multiplier is greater than Long.MAX_VALUE
(see rfe 4106664). Since API change request to fix this has been 
rejected for JDK 1.2, we need at least to specify thoroughly these
limitations.

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Comments
EVALUATION Stan Avzan, the submitter of the bug, has agreed that this is not a documentation bug, but a problem with the software. He has re-opened the original bug, # 4106664. dale.green@eng 1998-07-15
15-07-1998