Name: dsR10051 Date: 04/09/2001


Method
protected void writeObject(Object o) of class java.beans.XMLEncoder
does not write java.awt.Choice object correctly to the output stream.
It ignore added items of the Choice.

Here is minimized test:
import java.io.*;
import java.beans.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Test0009 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Choice choice = new Choice();
        choice.addItem("Item");

        ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        XMLEncoder xmlEnc = new XMLEncoder(os);
        xmlEnc.writeObject(choice);
        xmlEnc.flush();
        xmlEnc.close();

        ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(os.toByteArray());
        XMLDecoder xmlDec = new XMLDecoder(in);
        System.out.println("OutputStream");
        System.out.println(os.toString());

        Choice res = (Choice) xmlDec.readObject();
        if(res.getItemCount() == 1 && res.getItem(0).equals("Item")) {
            System.out.println("OKAY");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Failed");
            System.out.println("Item count: " + res.getItemCount());
        }
    }
}

--- output ---
%java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b58)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta-b58, mixed mode)
%java Test0009
Warning:
    Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background

OutputStream
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<java version="1.4.0-beta" class="java.beans.XMLDecoder">
  <object class="java.awt.Choice">
    <void property="name">
      <string>choice0</string>
    </void>
  </object>
</java>

Failed
Item count: 0

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