TextArea.getSelectedText() throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException

Name: agR10216 Date: 06/06/2002

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Run following test, press <Shift+End> to select whole line
and press the button to retrieve selected text.
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException will be thrown.

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;


public class Test extends Frame {
    public TextArea ta;

    public Test() {
        ta = new TextArea();
        ta.setText("ABCDEFGH");
        add(ta, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        Button but = new Button("Print selection");
        but.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                System.err.println(ta.getSelectedText());
            }
        });
        add(but, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
                System.exit(0);
            }
        });
        setBounds(0, 0, 200, 200);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Test().setVisible(true);
    }
}

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Here is the output.
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java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 9
        at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1477)
        at java.awt.TextComponent.getSelectedText(TextComponent.java:224)
        at Test$1.actionPerformed(Test.java:16)
        at java.awt.Button.processActionEvent(Button.java:381)
        at java.awt.Button.processEvent(Button.java:350)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3598)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3439)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:450)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchTh
read.java:197)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThre
ad.java:150)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:144)

        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:136)

        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:99)
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