Name: dkR10031 Date: 12/26/2002



The current reference implementation (JDK 1.4.2beta, build b11)
of the javax.sound.midi.SysexMessage.getData() throws unspecified
NegativeArraySizeException. This behavior seems quite reasonable
but is not specified:
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import javax.sound.midi.SysexMessage;
class MySysexMessageExtention extends SysexMessage {
    MySysexMessageExtention(byte[] data) {
        super(data);
    }
}
public class MySysexMessage{
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try {
            MySysexMessageExtention mySME = new MySysexMessageExtention(null);
            mySME.getData();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
        }
    }
}
------------------ example code end ----------------------------
------------------ log begin -----------------------------------
bash-2.03$ uname -a
SunOS novo101 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
bash-2.03$ /export/ld25/java/dest/jdk1.4.2-b11/solaris-sparc/bin/java -showversion MySysexMessage
java version "1.4.2-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-beta-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-beta-b11, mixed mode)

Exception: java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException
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