A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
In the Javadoc for the AudioInputStream.read(...) methods, it would be  customer  to mention that, like TargetDataLine.read method, the number of bytes actually read is always a multiple of the frame size (in bytes).

If the number of bytes asked is not a multiple of the frame size, the AudioInputStream.read(...) method will append zeros at the end of the array, unlike the TargetDataLine method who will throw an IllegalArgumentException!

JUSTIFICATION :
necessary for clarity :-)
(Incident Review ID: 214413) 
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  xxxxx@xxxxx   2003-11-03
Checked in fix

N/A

  xxxxx@xxxxx   2003-10-10
	Sounds like a valid request. I'm not sure how to solve this missing spec:
1) throw IAE if number of requested bytes is not integral frame
2) only read rounded down number of bytes (what I see as current behavior)
3) current behavior, what he claims: append 0's ???? should *not* be done.

I tend to 2) and that it should be documented. Introducing IAE for that would unnecessarily break existing apps. 3) doesn't make sense. Therefore, I change this bug to be a spec bug.