Hi Ken, what you describe is called black box testing and is a legit mean. cya Robert Ken Larson wrote: > Hi, > > I have read the FAQ on contributing to GNU classpath, and I am still > left with a question: > > Let's say for example standard Java defines some constant like > FileFormat.BINARY. The Javadoc does not specify the value of this > constant. I want to write a replacement for FileFormat, so I write a > program > > System.out.println(FileFormat.BINARY) and run it against Sun's > implementation. I find out that the value is 1, and I put that in my > implementation. > > Is this legit for the purposes of contribuing to classpath? > > > Thanks, > > > Ken Larson, > Larson Technologies, Inc. > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://developer.classpath.org/pipermail/classpath/attachments/20060202/5eeea6e3/signature.pgp