RFR 8214807: Improve handling of very old class files

[Harold David Seigel]

Hi Karen,

Thanks for the reviews!

Harold

On 12/5/2018 5:16 PM, Karen Kinnear wrote:
> Looks good. Many thanks.
>
> Karen
>
>> On Dec 5, 2018, at 1:36 PM, Harold David Seigel <harold.seigel at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Please review this fix for JDK-8214807.  The fix changes handling of very old class files to be similar to class files whose version is < 52.
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>> Open Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8214807/webrev/
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>> JBS Bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214807
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>> The fix was regression tested by running Mach5 tiers 1 and 2 tests and builds on Linux-x64, Windows, and Mac OS X, running tiers 3-5 tests on Linux-x64, and by running JCK-12 API, Lang and VM tests on Linux-x64.
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>> Thanks, Harold
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