java bytebuffer slice not working as per documentation -

i have been working bytebuffers long time seldom used slice. have big issue slice() on bytebuffer.

please see below code :

import java.io.unsupportedencodingexception; import java.nio.bytebuffer; import java.util.arrays;  public class test12 {      public static void main(string[] args) throws unsupportedencodingexception {          bytebuffer original = bytebuffer.wrap("234567".getbytes("utf-8"));         printbuffer("org: ",original);          original.position(1);         original.limit(original.limit()-2);          printbuffer("org: ",original);           bytebuffer sliced =  original.slice();         printbuffer("slc: ",sliced);          bytebuffer duplicated =  original.duplicate();         printbuffer("dup: ",duplicated);          bytebuffer compact =  original.compact();         printbuffer("cmp: ",compact);      }       private static  void printbuffer(string prefix,bytebuffer buff)      {         system.out.println(prefix+buff);         system.out.println(prefix+arrays.tostring(arrays.copyofrange(buff.array(), buff.position(), buff.limit())));      }  } 

it results in

org: java.nio.heapbytebuffer[pos=0 lim=6 cap=6] org: [50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55] org: java.nio.heapbytebuffer[pos=1 lim=4 cap=6] org: [51, 52, 53] slc: java.nio.heapbytebuffer[pos=0 lim=3 cap=3] slc: [50, 51, 52] dup: java.nio.heapbytebuffer[pos=1 lim=4 cap=6] dup: [51, 52, 53] cmp: java.nio.heapbytebuffer[pos=3 lim=6 cap=6] cmp: [53, 54, 55] 

please see slc: value in above result. expect [51, 52, 53].

correct me if wrong. bug in java ?

i tested in java 7 , 8

from slice method reference:

the new buffer's position will zero, capacity , limit number of bytes remaining in buffer, , mark undefined.

so although set position 1 works fine due documentation