[jira] [Updated] (COLLECTIONS-220) Serialization/Deserialization doesn't work well with empty buffers.

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

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Thomas Neidhart updated COLLECTIONS-220:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: 4.0)
    
> Serialization/Deserialization doesn't work well with empty buffers.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-220
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-220
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Buffer
>    Affects Versions: 3.2
>            Reporter: Jose Luis Huertas
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: ASF.LICENSE.NOT.GRANTED--SerializationTest.java, COLLECTIONS-200.patch, COLLECTIONS-220.patch
>
>
> When I serialize the queue to disk an it has elements, all works ok, but when I serialize an empty queue I have some problems when I create a new object using the serialized file.
> When I deserialize the queue it has a 'buffer' with size 1 (with null content), 'tail' and 'head' fields are 0 (they are declared transient). So, when I try to add a new object to the queue, the sentence:
>  Object[] tmp = new Object[((buffer.length - 1) * 2) + 1];
> Is executed in the add() method to increase the buffer length, but the buffer remains with the same size! (buffer.length = 1 --> (1 - 1) * 2 + 1 = 1). So, the object is added and when the tail is going to be incremented, it is reset to 0!! 
>     private int increment(int index) {
>         index++;
>         if (index >= buffer.length) {
>             index = 0;
>         }
>         return index;
>     }
> So it is impossible to add new elements after an empty queue has been serialized / deserialized.
> I attach a simple TestCase where this is proved. The example works when you use XMLEncoder to serialize the buffer but doesn't work if you use ObjectOutputStream or XStream.

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