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libgcj/38: Static initializer in DecimalFormat eventually depends on itself
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- Subject: libgcj/38: Static initializer in DecimalFormat eventually depends on itself
- From: bryce@albatross.co.nz
- Date: 19 Aug 1999 03:24:39 -0000
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>Number: 38
>Category: libgcj
>Synopsis: Static initializer in DecimalFormat eventually depends on itself
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: tromey
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 18 20:30:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Bryce McKinlay
>Release: current cvs tree (19990818)
>Organization:
>Environment:
any
>Description:
A static initializer in java.text.DecimalFormat (984) constructs a
DecimalFormatSymbols, which calls Resourcebundle.getBundle,
which uses a URLClassLoader, which uses a URLConnection,
that contains a static initializer constructing
SimpleDateFormat, which calls NumberFormat.getInstance(),
which (guess what!) trys to construct a DecimalFormat. Oops.
>How-To-Repeat:
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat ();
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: