[IO-84] Many classes are limited to length of stream < 2 GB, and behave incorrectly on larger streams

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.3
• Component/s: Utilities

Environment

All

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Evgenii Philippov
• Created: 14/Jul/06 16:31
• Updated: 09/Mar/07 20:38
• Resolved: 13/Oct/06 04:55

Description

java int.MAX_VALUE is 2 GB. Classes that handle streams larger than 2 GB will behave incorrectly.

For example, see
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/commons/proper/io/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/IOUtils.java?view=markup
Method: int copy(InputStream input, OutputStream output).

The correct method would be: long copy(InputStream input, OutputStream output).

This issue may affect many classes and routines.