[jira] [Updated] (COLLECTIONS-310) Modifications of a SetUniqueList.subList() invalidate the parent list

["Thomas Neidhart (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Thomas Neidhart updated COLLECTIONS-310:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: 4.0-beta-1)
                   4.0
    
> Modifications of a SetUniqueList.subList() invalidate the parent list
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>
>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-310
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-310
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: List
>    Affects Versions: 3.2, Nightly Builds
>            Reporter: Christian Semrau
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 4.0
>
>
> The List returned by SetUniqueList.subList() is again a SetUniqueList. The contract for List.subList() says that the returned list supports all the operations of the parent list, and it is backed by the parent list.
> We have a SetUniqueList uniqueList equal to {"Hello", "World"}. We get a subList containing the last element. Now we add the element "Hello", contained in the uniqueList but not in the subList, to the subList.
> What should happen?
> Should the subList behave like a SetUniqueList and add the element - meaning that it changes position in the uniqueList because at the old place it gets removed, so now uniqueList equals {"World", "Hello"} (which fails)?
> Or should the element not be added, because it is already contained in the parent list, thereby violating the SetUniqueList-ness of the subList (which fails)?
> I prefer the former behaviour, because modifications should only be made through the subList and not through the parent list (as explained in List.subList()).
> What should happen if we replace (using set) the subList element "World" with "Hello" instead of adding an element?
> The subList should contain only "Hello", and for the parent list, the old element 0 (now a duplicate of the just set element 1) should be removed (which fails).
> And of course the parent list should know what happens to it (specifically, its uniqueness Set) (which fails in the current snapshot).
> 	public void testSubListAddNew() {
> 		List uniqueList = SetUniqueList.decorate(new ArrayList());
> 		uniqueList.add("Hello");
> 		uniqueList.add("World");
> 		List subList = uniqueList.subList(1, 2);
> 		subList.add("Goodbye");
> 		List expectedSubList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "World", "Goodbye" });
> 		List expectedParentList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "Hello", "World", "Goodbye" });
> 		assertEquals(expectedSubList, subList);
> 		assertEquals(expectedParentList, uniqueList);
> 		assertTrue(uniqueList.contains("Goodbye")); // fails
> 	}
> 	public void testSubListAddDuplicate() {
> 		List uniqueList = SetUniqueList.decorate(new ArrayList());
> 		uniqueList.add("Hello");
> 		uniqueList.add("World");
> 		List subList = uniqueList.subList(1, 2);
> 		subList.add("Hello");
> 		List expectedSubList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "World", "Hello" });
> 		List expectedParentList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "World", "Hello" });
> 		assertEquals(expectedSubList, subList);
> 		assertEquals(expectedParentList, uniqueList); // fails
> 	}
> 	public void testSubListSetDuplicate() {
> 		List uniqueList = SetUniqueList.decorate(new ArrayList());
> 		uniqueList.add("Hello");
> 		uniqueList.add("World");
> 		List subList = uniqueList.subList(1, 2);
> 		subList.set(0, "Hello");
> 		List expectedSubList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "Hello" });
> 		List expectedParentList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "Hello" });
> 		assertEquals(expectedSubList, subList);
> 		assertEquals(expectedParentList, uniqueList); // fails
> 	}

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