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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:23:34 +0000
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Subject: Re: Question about Character.valueOf()
From: sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com>
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Yes, but the point is that there is at least a partial guarantee.

On 16 November 2010 14:55, Mikael <mikael-aronsson@telia.com> wrote:
> But that's only for Character 0x00 to 0x7F, the loop with the assert test
> counts from 0 to 512.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "sebb" <sebbaz@gmail.com>
> To: <dev@harmony.apache.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Question about Character.valueOf()
>
>
> The end of section 5.1.7
>
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/conversions.html#5.1.7
>
> says:
>
> "If the value p being boxed is true, false, a byte, a char in the
> range \u0000 to \u007f, or an int or short number between -128 and
> 127, then let r1 and r2 be the results of any two boxing conversions
> of p. It is always the case that r1 == r2."
>
> [See also subsequent discussion section]
>
> AFAIK, boxing uses valueOf to achieve this.
>
> On 16 November 2010 13:50, Mikael <mikael-aronsson@telia.com> wrote:
>>
>> As far as I know there is no guarantee that valueOf returns the same
>> object
>> every time, it just gives class a chance to do it if it wants to.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "lcj.dev" <lcj.dev@gmail.com>
>> To: "dev" <dev@harmony.apache.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 2:44 PM
>> Subject: Question about Character.valueOf()
>>
>>
>>> Hi, all
>>> Why this may be failed for other JREs? assertSame(Character.valueOf(c),
>>> Character.valueOf(c)).
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> please refers to this test case for details:
>>> package org.apache.harmony.luni.tests.java.lang;
>>>
>>> import junit.framework.TestCase;
>>>
>>> public class CharacterImplTest extends TestCase {
>>>
>>> public void test_valueOfC() {
>>> // test the cache range
>>> for (char c = '\u0000'; c < 512; c++) {
>>> Character e = new Character(c);
>>> Character a = Character.valueOf(c);
>>> assertEquals(e, a);
>>>
>>> // WARN: this assertion may not be valid on other JREs
>>> assertSame(Character.valueOf(c), Character.valueOf(c));
>>> }
>>> // test the rest of the chars
>>> for (int c = '\u0512'; c <= Character.MAX_VALUE; c++) {
>>> assertEquals(new Character((char) c), Character.valueOf((char)
>>> c));
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>> 2010-11-16
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> lcj.dev
>>
>>
>
>