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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Changing this code is useful, because the Java SAI may be used from another language, say Python, from which converting from DOM to Python, the constants are not immediately available (but perhaps in the Object Model??). We should allow for programmers to NOT use the constants, I think, in an understandable way, perhaps by providing our own equals method or by converting both Arrays to strings and then comparing the strings.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, January 3, 2017 11:01 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">Don Brutzman</a>; <a href="mailto:roy.walmsley@ntlworld.com">Roy Walmsley</a>; <a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">x3d-public@web3d.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>bug in X3D Java SAI. comparing string arrays</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The following code shows the problem with comparing string arrays. The equals returns false, so the exception is thrown.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please revamp this code, then apply to stylesheet code to create better SAI.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre><span style='color:black'>package org;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>import java.util.*;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>public class X3DObject {<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> public static final ArrayList<String> JUSTIFY_MIDDLE_MIDDLE = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("\"MIDDLE\",\"MIDDLE\""));<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> public X3DObject() {<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> }<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> public void setStringArray(String [] array) throws Exception {<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> if (!(Arrays.asList(array).equals(JUSTIFY_MIDDLE_MIDDLE))) {<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> throw new Exception("Illegal "+ Arrays.toString(array));<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> }<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> }<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> new X3DObject().setStringArray(new String[] {"MIDDLE", "MIDDLE"});<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> }<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>}<o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>