Name: sdC67446 Date: 02/14/2000


The doc for 'java.util.zip.ZipEntry' says that
setExtra(byte[] extra) should throw IllegalArgumentException if
'extra'.length>(0xFFFFF). In fact the method throws IAE if
'extra'.length>(0xFFFF).
It must be a typo..

The java-doc says:
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    /**
     * Sets the optional extra field data for the entry.
     * @param extra the extra field data bytes
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the length of the specified
     * extra field data is greater than 0xFFFFF bytes
     * @see #getExtra()
     */
    public void setExtra(byte[] extra)


The demo:
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import java.util.zip.*;
public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ZipEntry ze = new ZipEntry("Big Bog Bug!");
        ze.setExtra(new byte[0xFFFF+1]);
    }
}


The output:
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid extra field length
        at java.util.zip.ZipEntry.setExtra(ZipEntry.java:235)
        at Test.main(Test.java:5)

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