FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Please look at the source code of the new methods java.util.Arrays.copyOfRange (Java 1.6). They do not contain any checks of "from" argument. For example:
    public static byte[] copyOfRange(byte[] original, int from, int to) {
        int newLength = to - from;
        if (newLength < 0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(from + " > " + to);
        byte[] copy = new byte[newLength];
        System.arraycopy(original, from, copy, 0,
            Math.min(original.length - from, newLength));
        return copy;
    }
Calling copyOfRange with very low "from" argument (for example, -1000000000) will lead to OutOfMemory instead of obvious exception alike "from argument is negative". Moreover, if from==Integer.MIN_VALUE, the result is very strange:
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: -2147483648 > NNN"
(where NNN is the value of "to" argument).

Please include the check of "from" argument into these methods.



STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Compile and run the attached test.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Understandable IndexOutOfBounds exception.
ACTUAL -
Very strange exceptions: "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: -2147483648 > 10"

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.util.Arrays;
public class CopyOfRangeTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] a = new int[] {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
        int[] b = Arrays.copyOfRange(a, Integer.MIN_VALUE, 10);
        // If we'll use Integer.MIN_VALUE+100 instead Integer.MIN_VALUE,
        // OutOfMemoryError will be thrown
        for (int k = 0; k < b.length; k++)
            System.out.print(b[k] + " ");
    }
}

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