Name: mgC56079 Date: 05/17/99



Constructor doesn't work according to specification.

Specification for method DataFlavor(String, String) says:
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     Construct a DataFlavor that represents a MimeType
     The returned DataFlavor will have the following characteristics:
     If the mimeType is "application/x-java-serialized-object; class=<representation class>",
     the result is the same as calling new DataFlavor(Class:forName(<representation class>)) as above
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following example demonstrates that result is not the same:

--------------Test.java
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;

public class Test {
  
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    DataFlavor df1, df2;
    try {
      df1 = new DataFlavor("application/x-java-serialized-object; class=java.lang.String", "");
      df2 = new DataFlavor(Class.forName("java.lang.String"), "");
      System.out.println(df1.getRepresentationClass().toString());
      System.out.println(df2.getRepresentationClass().toString());
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
    }
  }
}
--------------Output
class java.io.InputStream
class java.lang.String
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