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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/gcj/convert/BytesToUnicode.java b/libjava/gnu/gcj/convert/BytesToUnicode.java
index cfcb813c9cf..6e4d15dab9f 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/gcj/convert/BytesToUnicode.java
+++ b/libjava/gnu/gcj/convert/BytesToUnicode.java
@@ -91,15 +91,17 @@ public abstract class BytesToUnicode
* bytes start at inbuffer[inpos], and end at inbuffer[inlength-1].
* @param outbuffer buffer for the converted character
* @param outpos position in buffer to start putting converted characters
- * @param outlength the maximum number of characters to convert
+ * @param count the maximum number of characters to convert
* @return number of chars placed in outbuffer.
* Also, this.inpos is incremented by the number of bytes consumed.
*
* (Note the asymmetry in that the input upper bound is inbuffer[inlength-1],
- * while the output upper bound is outbuffer[outpos+outlength-1]. The
+ * while the output upper bound is outbuffer[outpos+count-1]. The
* justification is that inlength is like the count field of a
- * BufferedInputStream, while the outlength parameter is like the
- * length parameter of a read request.)
+ * BufferedInputStream, while the count parameter is like the
+ * length parameter of a read request.) The count parameter is
+ * also defined to be <= outbuffer.length - outpos (per the specification
+ * of the length parameter for a read request).
*/
- public abstract int read (char[] outbuffer, int outpos, int outlength);
+ public abstract int read (char[] outbuffer, int outpos, int count);
}
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