RFR (S) : JDK-8007736 - VerifyError for use of static method in interface

[Krystal Mo]

Hi Bharadwaj,

Looks good to me.

- Kris

On 02/08/2013 04:57 PM, S. Bharadwaj Yadavalli wrote:
>
> I would like to request for code reviews for the following changes.
>
> Code changes : http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bharadwaj/8007736/webrev/
> Bug fixed    : https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8007736
>
> Summary of changes :
>      Java 8 allows public static interface methods. To accommodate for 
> this, the proposed change modifies bytecode verification of Java 8 
> classfiles to allow invokestatic to refer to static interface methods 
> in CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref as well as static class methods in 
> CONSTANT_Methodref.
>
> New test added :
>      A new jtreg test in hotspot/test/runtime is added.
>
> Testing done:
>      No new jtreg failures seen due to this change.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bharadwaj