JDK 8 code review request for 6226715: (ann) java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException could not be serialized

[Rémi Forax]

  Le 16/06/2011 02:35, Joe Darcy a écrit :
> Hello.
>
> Please review my JDK 8 fix for
>
>    6226715: (ann) java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException 
> could not be serialized
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/6226715.0/
>
> This fix includes the unusual step of marking a non-transient field 
> transient in a serialiable class, but the class can't meaningfully be 
> serialized today anyway so this change should have no adverse effect 
> in practice.
>
> For good code hygiene, the new readObject method explicitly sets the 
> now transient field in question.

Not sure it's good to drop 'final' just for code hygiene.
A code that relies on the fact that this exception is non-mutable can 
now fail.

>
> Thanks,
>
> -Joe

cheers,
Rémi