[jira] Commented: (DIRMINA-823) Add IoBuffer.putUnsigned* methods to balance the getUnsigned* methods for completeness

["Emmanuel Lecharny (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Emmanuel Lecharny commented on DIRMINA-823:
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putUnsigned(xxx) methods don't make a lot of sense. There is no specific treatment applied when doing a put(byte), putInt(int) or putLong(long).

So why should we implement the symetric operation when the simple existing operations are already doing the job ?

I mean, yes, it would be candy to the eye, but what kind of added value does it bring ?

> Add IoBuffer.putUnsigned* methods to balance the getUnsigned* methods for completeness
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DIRMINA-823
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRMINA-823
>             Project: MINA
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Core
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.2
>         Environment: WXP SP3, Sun SDK 1.5
>            Reporter: Francis ANDRE
>            Priority: Trivial
>
> While unsigned integers types are quite meaningful in  networking protocols,  Java does not provide unsigned integer primitive types. The IoBuffer.getUnsigned* methods are filling the gap between the need of  unsigned integers and the real Java programs.
> But IoBuffer does not provide the correlative IoBuffer.putUnsigned* methods. Thus for completeness, this issue proposes to add those IoBuffer.putUnsigned* methods.
> Rgds

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