RFR (S) 8027804: JCK resolveMethod test fails expecting AbstractMethodError

[Karen Kinnear]

Harold,

The code looks good. And many thanks for all the extra testing. Go ahead and push it.

thanks,
Karen

On Nov 26, 2013, at 2:19 PM, harold seigel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Please review this small change to fix bug 8027804.
> 
> In cases where the maximally specific method is abstract, the fix creates an AbstractMethodError exception and message.  This generates an overpass method.  The overpass method then gets added to the default methods table where it can be found during method resolution.
> 
> The fix was tested with the JCK lang and vm tests, the default methods tests, ute vm.quick tests, and the jtreg hotspot, lang, and util tests.
> 
> Open webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8027804/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ehseigel/bug_8027804/>
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8027804
> 
> Thanks, Harold