[FLEX-24767] DateTimeFormatter: getWeekdayNames and getMonthNames cannot throw ArgumentError and typeError for invalid and null parameter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Spark: Formatters
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 05/Aug/10 23:31
• Updated: 01/Apr/11 17:22
• Resolved: 12/Aug/10 13:41

Description

Please see the following sample code to reproduce the issue :
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
creationComplete="TestWeekdayname()"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.globalization.DateTimeFormatter ;
import spark.formatters.DateTimeFormatter ;

public var dfgslib:flash.globalization.DateTimeFormatter ;
public var dtfFormat:spark.formatters.DateTimeFormatter ;

private var errorStr:String;

private var gslibErrStr:String;

public function TestWeekdayname ():void {
try

{ dfgslib = new flash.globalization.DateTimeFormatter( 'en_US','long', 'long'); //dfgslib.getWeekdayNames("standalone" , "invalid" ) ; dfgslib.getWeekdayNames("standalone" , null ) ; }

catch(e:Error)

{ gslibErrStr = e.toString(); }

try

{ dtfFormat = new spark.formatters.DateTimeFormatter( ); //dtfFormat.getWeekdayNames("standalone", "invalid" ) ; dtfFormat.getWeekdayNames("standalone", null ) ; }

catch(e:Error)

{ errorStr = e.toString(); }

trace ( "-------- error from gslib -----" ) ;
trace(gslibErrStr);
trace ( "-------- error from spark -----" ) ;
trace(errorStr);
}
]]
>
</fx:Script>

<fx:Declarations>

</fx:Declarations>
</s:Application>
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For GSLib formatter , it will throw typeError for "null" paramter , and ArgumentError for invalid parameter .
However , spark formatter cannot thrown error like gslib.

the same issue also occur for getMonthNames() .