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  2. JDK-8282648 Weaken the InflaterInputStream specification in order to allow faster Zip implementations
  3. JDK-8304489

Release Note: Weaken the InflaterInputStream Specification in Order to Allow Faster Zip Implementations

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      The specification of the `read` methods defined by `java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream`,`ZipInputStream`, and `GZIPInputStream` have changed to allow these methods deviate from `InputStream.read` for the case that a “short read” occurs.

      A “short read” is the case where the user provides a buffer with space for M bytes but only N bytes (where 0 < N < M) are read. The long standing specification for `InputStream.read` is that N bytes are stored in the buffer provided by the user and elements at offset off+N to off+M-1 are not changed.

      The deviation allows the `read` method to use the elements at off+N to off+M-1 as temporary storage. Code using these APIs can no longer depend on these elements being unaffected when reading uncompressed data into a byte array.

            simonis Volker Simonis
            simonis Volker Simonis
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