java.util.jar.Attributes put() method not consistent with specification

gordon.jackson@east 1998-08-12

java.util.jar.Attributes specifies the following:

    /**
     * Associates the specified value with the specified attribute name
     * (key) in this Map. If the Map previously contained a mapping for
     * the attribute name, the old value is replaced.
     *
     * @param name the attribute name
     * @param value the attribute value
     * @return the previous value of the attribute, or null if none
     * @exception ClassCastException if the name is not a Attributes.Name
     * or the value is not a String
     */
    public Object put(Object name, Object value) {
return map.put(name, value);
    }

The bug is that above method neither checks to ensure that the name/value
are as they are specified to be - Attributes.Name/String - nor does it
throw a ClassCastException if they are not.

In this case, the method implementation is inconsistent with the javadoc generated API.