http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/bugDescriptions.html#DMI_BLOCKING_METHODS_ON_URL See bug 683. Dm: The equals and hashCode methods of URL are blocking (DMI_BLOCKING_METHODS_ON_URL) The equals and hashCode method of URL perform domain name resolution, this can result in a big performance hit. See http://michaelscharf.blogspot.com/2006/11/javaneturlequals-and-hashcode-make.html for more information. Consider using java.net.URI instead. +++ http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/bugDescriptions.html#ML_SYNC_ON_FIELD_TO_GUARD_CHANGING_THAT_FIELD .. we should not have this one :) +++ http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/bugDescriptions.html#DMI_INVOKING_TOSTRING_ON_ARRAY USELESS_STRING: Invocation of toString on an array (DMI_INVOKING_TOSTRING_ON_ARRAY) The code invokes toString on an array, which will generate a fairly useless result such as [C@16f0472. Consider using Arrays.toString to convert the array into a readable String that gives the contents of the array. See Programming Puzzlers, chapter 3, puzzle 12.
I need to find a good way to process the findbugs output so I can put a todo list here. In the meantime, I've pushed out a patch to github changing all the occurences where toString was being called on an array (all 6 of them). I haven't given this a whole lot of thought, so feel free to ignore until I look more closely, the are all in other toString() methods. git://github.com/hharrison/jogl.git master Harvey
Harvey, do you plan to make a pull request with your findings?