Name: bsC130419 Date: 06/12/2001


java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b65)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta-b65, mixed mode)

We have a subclass of SocketImpl and of Socket, for implementing a (proxied)
protocol that Java doesn't directly support (in this case SSL).

We call the Socket constructor that takes a SocketImpl to create an unconnected
Socket, then use TCPSocketImpl to bind and connect. We never use the Socket
constructors that actually perform a connection.

In 1.4, it is not possible to proceed in this way, as the Socket methods
getInputStream() and getOutputStream() both check the state of a private
boolean flag called 'connected'. In our implementation, this never gets set,
even though the connection has occurred correctly.

This means that networking support in 1.4 is not backward compatible with
earlier releases (1.3, 1.2, 1.1).
(Review ID: 125093)
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