Name: bsT130419 Date: 09/20/2001


java version "1.4.0-beta2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta2-b77)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta2-b77, mixed mode)

For javax.activation.URLDataSource

getContentType reuses the internal URLConnection reference (of name "url_conn")
and that's nice. Strangely getInputStream and getOutputStream don't.

An aside:
In addition, I would like to bring your attention to another URLDataSource
deficiency that seems to have fallen to the wayside that is also easy to fix
and has been reported already:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4120784.html

In short, the problem is that the OutputStream doesn't work for some types of
URLs and that all that needs to be done is to add:
url_conn.setDoOutput(true);
  before the line
return url_conn.getOutputStream();
  (with the squiggly braces, and the url_conn re-using fix too, of course)
(Review ID: 132310)
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