Name: sdC67446 Date: 05/31/99


The method
    public boolean equals(String mimeString)
of class java.awt.datatransfer.TextFlavor
ignores base mime type (primary mimetype + sub mimetype).

The JDK javadoc comment says:
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    /**
     * Returns true if the MIME type is equal to the MIME type for
     * this <code>TextFlavor</code>. The types are considered equal
     * if the primary type, subtype, and charset parameter are all
     * equal. Representation class and parameters other than charset
     * are ignored. No default values are assumed.
     *
     */
    public boolean equals(String mimeString)

The test demonstrating the bug:
-----------------Test.java------------------------
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            TextFlavor tf = new TextFlavor("text/plain");
            String mimeString = "whatever/youwant";
            System.out.println(tf.equals(mimeString));
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (NullPointerException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
    };
}
---------Output-----------------------------------
true
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