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RE: svn commit: r917772 - in /subversion/trunk/subversion/bindings/javahl: native/ src/org/apache/subversion/javahl/callback/ src/org/tigris/subversion/javahl/ tests/org/apache/subversion/javahl/

From: Bert Huijben <bert_at_qqmail.nl>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:39:11 +0100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair Zajac [mailto:blair_at_orcaware.com]
> Sent: dinsdag 2 maart 2010 1:47
> To: hwright_at_apache.org
> Cc: dev_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r917772 - in
> /subversion/trunk/subversion/bindings/javahl: native/
> src/org/apache/subversion/javahl/callback/ src/org/tigris/subversion/javahl/
> tests/org/apache/subversion/javahl/
>
> On 03/01/2010 02:46 PM, hwright_at_apache.org wrote:
> > Author: hwright
> > Date: Mon Mar 1 22:46:45 2010
> > New Revision: 917772
> >
> > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=917772&view=rev
> > Log:
> > JavaHL: Return properties as byte[] throughout the callback interfaces.
> >
> > We use byte[] in place of String because there could be binary data in the
> > property, and the conversion to String would truncate the property at any
> > NULL bytes.
>
>
> Plus the conversion from byte[] to String depends upon the platform's
> default character set.
>
> I see there's a number of String's constructed from the byte[]. Those
> methods should take an additional java.nio.charset.Charset and then pass
> it's name to the String() constructor. I don't believe there should be
> any String's constructed without a Charset argument.
>
> Maybe the svn:date we can presume a UTF-8 character set, but the
> svn:author, svn:log we shouldn't.

For the svn:* properties we currently define we declared that they always use utf-8 and use '\n' as line ending. Clients are responsible for handling the conversions. See svn_prop_needs_translation() for more details. (Since 1.6 we even validate this on the filesystem or ra layer).

For other properties and svn:* we haven't defined yet, we can't assume anything. Users might have their MP3 collection stored in them ;-)
(Most clients I know use these same normalization rules on all properties they edit. E.g. TortoiseSVN doesn't support editing properties with Windows style line endings)

        Bert
Received on 2010-03-02 09:39:50 CET

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