JDK 14 RFR of JDK-8229999 : Apply java.io.Serial annotations to security types in java.base

[Sean Mullan]

Looks fine to me although I didn't check if you missed anything.

What kind of documentation changes can we expect by using this annotation?

--Sean

On 8/27/19 8:16 PM, Joe Darcy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Recent work for JDK-8202385: "Annotation to mark serial-related fields 
> and methods" added the java.io.Serial annotation type to the platform. 
> The intention of this new annotation type is to allow 
> serialization-related fields and methods to be marked as documentation 
> and to allow stricter compile-time checking, analogous to the checking 
> done for @Override. Implementing those stricter serialization-related 
> checks will be done under JDK-8202056.
> 
> Please review the application of java.io.Serial to the security-related 
> types in the base module:
> 
>      JDK-8229999 : Apply java.io.Serial annotations to security types in 
> java.base
>      http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/8229999.0/
> 
> As a reminder, the 5 serialization-related methods and 2 fields are:
> 
>      * private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream stream) 
> throws IOException
>      * private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream stream) throws 
> IOException, ClassNotFoundException
>      * private void readObjectNoData() throws ObjectStreamException
>      * ANY-ACCESS-MODIFIER Object writeReplace() throws 
> ObjectStreamException
>      * ANY-ACCESS-MODIFIER Object readResolve() throws 
> ObjectStreamException
>      * private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields
>      * private static final long serialVersionUID
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Joe
>