[RIVER-185] Lease.renew treatment of non-positive duration not specified

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: jtsk_2.0
• Component/s: net_jini_core
• Bugtraq ID: 4968751
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Dan Creswell
• Created: 04/Aug/07 14:14
• Updated: 04/Aug/07 14:14

Description

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4968751

The leasing spec does not specify what Lease.renew should do for non-positive durations (other than Lease.ANY). Existing implementations throw IllegalArgumentException for negative durations, but are mixed as to whether a zero duration is accepted. What are the permitted outcomes?

On a related note, service specifications are not consistent about the treatment of non-positive initial durations when creating resources. Some specify that IllegalArgumentException is thrown for non-positive, one specifies IAE is thrown for negative, and some are silent.The leasing spec does not specify what Lease.renew should do for non-positive durations (other than Lease.ANY). Existing implementations throw IllegalArgumentException for negative durations, but are mixed as to whether a zero duration is accepted. What are the permitted outcomes?

On a related note, service specifications are not consistent about the treatment of non-positive initial durations when creating resources. Some specify that IllegalArgumentException is thrown for non-positive, one specifies IAE is thrown for negative, and some are silent.