JDK-8042470 : (fs) Path.register doesn't throw IllegalArgumentException if multiple OVERFLOW events are specified
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.nio
  • Affected Version: 7u60
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-05-06
  • Updated: 2015-01-21
  • Resolved: 2014-05-07
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Description
The code doesn't handle some types of invalid input:

For example: path.register(watcher, OVERFLOW, OVERFLOW) does not throw the exception, and instead makes sun.nio.fs.LinuxWatchService$Poller to fail.
Comments
URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/rev/43f769f86f47 User: lana Date: 2014-05-14 17:13:30 +0000
14-05-2014

URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/43f769f86f47 User: igerasim Date: 2014-05-07 12:52:27 +0000
07-05-2014

Thanks. Yes, I had the same in mind. Additionally, it reduces code duplication.
06-05-2014

In that case, this shoudl do it. diff -r 08e2dabe48e9 src/share/classes/sun/nio/fs/AbstractPoller.java --- a/src/share/classes/sun/nio/fs/AbstractPoller.java Sun Apr 27 18:28:56 2014 -0700 +++ b/src/share/classes/sun/nio/fs/AbstractPoller.java Tue May 06 16:07:03 2014 +0100 @@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ // validate arguments before request to poller if (dir == null) throw new NullPointerException(); - if (events.length == 0) - throw new IllegalArgumentException("No events to register"); Set<WatchEvent.Kind<?>> eventSet = new HashSet<>(events.length); for (WatchEvent.Kind<?> event: events) { // standard events @@ -115,8 +113,6 @@ // OVERFLOW is ignored if (event == StandardWatchEventKinds.OVERFLOW) { - if (events.length == 1) - throw new IllegalArgumentException("No events to register"); continue; } @@ -125,6 +121,8 @@ throw new NullPointerException("An element in event set is 'null'"); throw new UnsupportedOperationException(event.name()); } + if (eventSet.size() == 0) + throw new IllegalArgumentException("No events to register"); return (WatchKey)invoke(RequestType.REGISTER, dir, eventSet, modifiers); }
06-05-2014

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. If we call path.register(watcher, OVERFLOW), it will throw IllegalArgumentException("No events to register") from AbstractPoller#register. This is correct behavior. But if we specify OVERFLOW *twice*, it will not throw the exception, but will pass an empty list of events to the poller implementation instead. This, in turn, will make it fail. The bug is the wrong assumption that there might be no more than one OVERFLOW constant in the list. No doubt, it is an edge case.
06-05-2014

From the spec: "Objects are automatically registered for the OVERFLOW event. This event is not required to be present in the array of events.". IAE should not be thrown for this case.
06-05-2014