[LANG-1118] StringUtils.repeat('z', -1) throws NegativeArraySizeException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.5
• Component/s: lang.*
• Assignee: Benedikt Ritter
• Reporter: Loic Guibert
• Created: 23/Apr/15 11:30
• Updated: 19/Oct/16 07:01
• Resolved: 28/Apr/15 19:38

Description

Unlike what is said in JavaDoc comment, when passing a negative repeat value to the StringUtils.repeat(char, int) function, it doesn't return an empty String but throws a NegativeArraySizeException.

See PR #72 : https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/72