Integrated: 8268611: jar --validate should check targeted classes in MR-JAR files

[Christian Stein]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:57:52 GMT, Christian Stein <cstein at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this change ensuring all targeted classes in a MR-JAR file should target the same or a lower classfile version. The [JAR File Specification](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/specs/jar/jar.html#Multi-release) of JavaSE 9 reads:
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>> A class file under a versioned directory, of version N say, in a multi-release JAR must have a class file version less than or equal to the class file version associated with Nth major version of a Java platform release.
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> For example, having compiled source files with `javac` 25 without using the `--release` option (or with `--release 25`) and trying to archive them via a `jar --create --file a.jar --release 9 ... --release 10 ...` command now fails with:
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> META-INF/versions/9/com/foo/Bar.class has class file version 69.0, but class file version 53.0 or less is required to target release 9 of the Java Platform
> invalid multi-release jar file a.jar deleted
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> This pull request contains fixes to existing tests which produced invalid MR-JAR files. Most of those fixes are achieved by adding an appropriate `--release N` option to the associated `javac` call. One of those fixes rewrites the classfile version bytes between the `javac` and `jar` calls.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: bd3c0be3
Author:    Christian Stein <cstein at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/bd3c0be36d929fab5e5ca0158d53e50b2d206707
Stats:     156 lines in 14 files changed: 48 ins; 32 del; 76 mod

8268611: jar --validate should check targeted classes in MR-JAR files

Reviewed-by: jvernee

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22103