<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;
panose-1:2 11 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.gmailsignatureprefix
{mso-style-name:gmail_signature_prefix;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Class files conforming to the Chapter 4. “The class File Format” of the Java Virtual Machine Specification are supported. It covers class file versions far to the history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Feel free to report cases where the support is insufficient.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container">
<div>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">Archie Cobbs <archie.cobbs@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 27 August 2024 at 18:49<br>
<b>To: </b>core-libs-dev@openjdk.org <core-libs-dev@openjdk.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Adam Sotona <adam.sotona@oracle.com>, jdk-dev@openjdk.org <jdk-dev@openjdk.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] : Re: New candidate JEP: 484: Class-File API<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Question... would it be appropriate for this JEP to mention that support for older-than-current classfile versions is an explicit non-goal?<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Otherwise I think there could be many repeats of <a href="https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2024-August/127982.html">
this discussion</a> from the other day.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">To be clear, I don't disagree with the design choice, I just think it might be worthwhile to address that point directly and clarify the thinking behind it so there's no ambiguity.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">As it's written today, a casual reading of the JEP comes across as if we're talking about a great new JDK-sanctioned tool with state of the art design that will help get all of the classfile manipulation libraries on the same page to allow
analysis/transformation of any class file on the classpath. Or at least, it doesn't do anything to dispel that notion (unless I'm missing something).<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Archie<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 8:58<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM Mark Reinhold <<a href="mailto:mark.reinhold@oracle.com">mark.reinhold@oracle.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://openjdk.org/jeps/484" target="_blank">https://openjdk.org/jeps/484</a><br>
<br>
Summary: Provide a standard API for parsing, generating, and<br>
transforming Java class files.<br>
<br>
- Mark<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all">
<br>
<span class="gmailsignatureprefix">-- </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Archie L. Cobbs<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>