[UIMA-286] Math.abs returns a negative number very occasionally, causing NameClient in jVinci to fail

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Assignee: Marshall Schor
• Reporter: Marshall Schor
• Created: 07/Feb/07 18:45
• Updated: 07/Feb/07 18:56
• Resolved: 07/Feb/07 18:56

Description

NameClient class in jVinci has faulty use of Math.abs(an-integer) - it presumes this returns a positive or 0 integer. However, the Java impl of this when given the integer Integer.MIN_VALUE, returns the negative number MIN_VALUE.

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