RFR: [8039396] NPE when writing a class descriptor object to a custom ObjectOutputStream
Ivan Gerasimov
ivan.gerasimov at oracle.com
Fri Apr 11 08:01:38 UTC 2014
Hello everybody!
ObjectStreamClass#forClass() function is allowed to return null, if the
local VM does not have the corresponding local class.
Because of that, NPE can be encountered during serialization through a
subclass of ObjectOutputStream.
Would you please help review the fix?
BUGURL: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8039396
WEBREV: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~igerasim/8039396/0/webrev/
Sincerely yours,
Ivan
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