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

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

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Thomas Neidhart commented on COLLECTIONS-310:
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I did take another look at your provided test-cases and I do not agree with the following behavior:

 * adding an element in a subList that is contained in the backing list results in moving the element to the new location

This is not what I would expect, and also the backing list does not do this, e.g. when calling add(obj) where obj is already contained in the list will result in no change at all. I think we should make it clear, that the returned subList is *backed* by a SetUniqueList, thus adding elements that are in the backing list but not in the subList should not be added at all, as they are already present, just not visible in this view.
                
> Modifications of a SetUniqueList.subList() invalidate the parent list
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 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
>
>         Attachments: SetUniqueList.java, SetUniqueList.patch, SetUniqueListTest.java, SetUniqueListTest.java, SetUniqueList.v2.java
>
>
> 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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