Summary

SerialBlob:setBytes and SerialClob:setString javadocs need to be updated to better align with the Blob and Clob interfaces

Problem

The methods SerialBlob:setBytes and SerialClob:setString javadocs needed updated to better align with the respective methods on the Blob and Clob interface.

Solution

Clarify the javadoc for the methods SerialBlob:setBytes and SerialClob:setString methods

Specification

SerialBlob javadoc updates:

diff --git a/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialBlob.java b/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialBlob.java
index ff64e6ccc86..00781a43bf2 100644
--- a/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialBlob.java
+++ b/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialBlob.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -305,13 +305,12 @@ public class SerialBlob implements Blob, Serializable, Cloneable {
      * @param pos the position in the SQL <code>BLOB</code> value at which
      *     to start writing. The first position is <code>1</code>;
      *     must not be less than <code>1</code> nor greater than
-     *     the length of this <code>SerialBlob</code> object.
+     *     the length+1 of this {@code SerialBlob} object.
      * @param bytes the array of bytes to be written to the <code>BLOB</code>
      *        value that this <code>Blob</code> object represents
      * @return the number of bytes written
      * @throws SerialException if there is an error accessing the
-     *     <code>BLOB</code> value; or if an invalid position is set; if an
-     *     invalid offset value is set;
+     *     {@code BLOB} value; or if an invalid position is set;
      * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
      * @throws SQLException if there is an error accessing the <code>BLOB</code>
      *         value from the database
@@ -327,27 +326,27 @@ public class SerialBlob implements Blob, Serializable, Cloneable {
      * <code>BLOB</code> value that this <code>Blob</code> object represents
      * and returns the number of bytes written.
      * Writing starts at position <code>pos</code> in the <code>BLOB</code>
-     * value; <i>len</i> bytes from the given byte array are written.
+     * value; {@code length} bytes from the given byte array are written.
      *
      * @param pos the position in the <code>BLOB</code> object at which
      *     to start writing. The first position is <code>1</code>;
      *     must not be less than <code>1</code> nor greater than
-     *     the length of this <code>SerialBlob</code> object.
+     *     the length+1 of this {@code SerialBlob} object.
      * @param bytes the array of bytes to be written to the <code>BLOB</code>
      *     value
-     * @param offset the offset in the <code>byte</code> array at which
-     *     to start reading the bytes. The first offset position is
+     * @param offset the offset into the array {@code bytes} at which
+     *     to start reading the bytes to be set. The first offset position is
      *     <code>0</code>; must not be less than <code>0</code> nor greater
-     *     than the length of the <code>byte</code> array
+     *     than the length of the array {@code bytes}
      * @param length the number of bytes to be written to the
-     *     <code>BLOB</code> value from the array of bytes <i>bytes</i>.
+     *     <code>BLOB</code> value from the array of bytes {@code bytes}
      *
      * @return the number of bytes written
      * @throws SerialException if there is an error accessing the
      *     <code>BLOB</code> value; if an invalid position is set; if an
-     *     invalid offset value is set; if number of bytes to be written
-     *     is greater than the <code>SerialBlob</code> length; or the combined
-     *     values of the length and offset is greater than the Blob buffer;
+     *     invalid offset value is set; or the combined values of the
+     *     {@code length} and {@code offset} is greater than the length of
+     *     {@code bytes};
      * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
      * @throws SQLException if there is an error accessing the <code>BLOB</code>
      *         value from the database.
@@ -361,26 +360,34 @@ public class SerialBlob implements Blob, Serializable, Cloneable {
             throw new SerialException("Invalid offset in byte array set");
         }

SeriaClob javadoc updates:

diff --git a/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialClob.java b/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialClob.java
index 48ee5ea878f..814316f2257 100644
--- a/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialClob.java
+++ b/src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialClob.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -368,15 +368,12 @@ public class SerialClob implements Clob, Serializable, Cloneable {
      * @param pos the position at which to start writing to the <code>CLOB</code>
      *         value that this <code>SerialClob</code> object represents; the first
      *         position is <code>1</code>; must not be less than <code>1</code> nor
-     *         greater than the length of this <code>SerialClob</code> object
+     *         greater than the length+1 of this {@code SerialClob} object
      * @param str the string to be written to the <code>CLOB</code>
      *        value that this <code>SerialClob</code> object represents
      * @return the number of characters written
      * @throws SerialException if there is an error accessing the
-     *     <code>CLOB</code> value; if an invalid position is set; if an
-     *     invalid offset value is set; if number of bytes to be written
-     *     is greater than the <code>SerialClob</code> length; or the combined
-     *     values of the length and offset is greater than the Clob buffer;
+     *     {@code CLOB} value; if an invalid position is set;
      * if the {@code free} method had been previously called on this object
      */
     public int setString(long pos, String str) throws SerialException {
@@ -391,7 +388,7 @@ public class SerialClob implements Clob, Serializable, Cloneable {
      * @param pos the position at which to start writing to the <code>CLOB</code>
      *         value that this <code>SerialClob</code> object represents; the first
      *         position is <code>1</code>; must not be less than <code>1</code> nor
-     *         greater than the length of this <code>SerialClob</code> object
+     *         greater than the length+1 of this {@code SerialClob} object
      * @param str the string to be written to the <code>CLOB</code>
      *        value that this <code>Clob</code> object represents
      * @param offset the offset into <code>str</code> to start reading
@@ -400,42 +397,50 @@ public class SerialClob implements Clob, Serializable, Cloneable {
      * @return the number of characters written
      * @throws SerialException if there is an error accessing the
      *     <code>CLOB</code> value; if an invalid position is set; if an
-     *     invalid offset value is set; if number of bytes to be written
-     *     is greater than the <code>SerialClob</code> length; or the combined
-     *     values of the length and offset is greater than the Clob buffer;
+     *     invalid offset value is set; or the combined values of the
+     *     {@code length} and {@code offset} is greater than the length of
+     *     {@code str};
      * if the {@code free} method had been previously called on this object
      */
     public int setString(long pos, String str, int offset, int length)
         throws SerialException {