Request for Review JDK-8006948: Update javac for MethodParameters format change

[Kumar Srinivasan]

Hello,

fyi. I will be pushing this changeset along with the associated pack200 
changes
in the jdk, as soon  as the ccc for pack200 is approved.

Please let me know if anyone has any comments on this changeset by then.

Thanks
Kumar


> The changeset for 8006949 has been integrated into TL, so I want to move
> towards pushing this one as well.  These changes allow hotspot to
> recognize class files with both the old and the new format of flags.
>
> I have updated the webrev to reflect some recent changes (pushed for
> 8006345 and others).
>
> Note: there is a comprehensive test suite for the parameter reflection
> feature that is about to be pushed.  I do not plan on submitting this
> changeset until the tests have been pushed.
>
> Please review and comment on the latest webrev.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> On 01/25/13 12:49, Eric McCorkle wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please review this change, which updates javac and the classfile library
>> to reflect changes in the class file format of MethodParameters attributes.
>>
>> The webrev is here:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~emc/8006948/webrev.00/
>>
>> The latest version of the spec can be found here:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~abuckley/8.misc
>>
>> The enhancement request is here:
>> http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8006948
>>
>>
>> Note that this will break compatibility with existing versions.
>> Furthermore, the companion changeset for hotspot will go into hsx, and
>> will take some time to propagate to TL.  However, there are no tests
>> enabled at this point that rely on the old binary format, so there
>> should be no JPRT failures arising from this fix.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric