Duration.normalizeWith: 'a very large value' is not specified

Name: erR10175 Date: 10/29/2003



  Documentation of the method

javax.xml.datatype.Duration.normalizeWith(Calendar startTimeInstant)

is not certain in specifying range of durations which can be reliably used with the
method.

The documentation reads:

"Note that since the Calendar class uses int to hold the value of year and month,
this method may produce an unexpected result if this duration object holds a very
large value in the years or months fields." So it is not clear, when the results
are reliable.

The notion of the 'very large value' is not specified so it is not clear, when the
results are reliable.

To use that method we have to know exactly when they are reliable, otherwise
we cannot trust any result. From compatibility point of view it's better to
specify range that is required to be processed correctly in all implementations
of JAXP 1.3

The bug is found in the javadoc of jdk1.5.0/beta/b25

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