Review Request 8238195: Lookup::defineClass should link the class to match the specification

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Wed Apr 1 19:53:36 UTC 2020



On 01/04/2020 19:43, Mandy Chung wrote:
> The spec of `Lookup::defineClass` specifies to throw linkage error 
> including `VerifyError` and JDK-8238358 fixes the implementation to 
> match the spec [1].
>
> This patch updates the spec to make it clear as proposed in the 
> CSR:https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8240338.  Also add a new 
> test case to verify that `defineClass` does link a class.
>
> Webrev at:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk15/webrevs/8238195/webrev.00/
The javadoc line and addition test look good.

-Alan


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