[PATCH] JDK-6783290: MBeanInfo/MBeanFeatureInfo has inconsistent readObject/writeObject

[Dmitry Samersoff]

Jaroslav,

I'll sponsor it. Just ping me when the fix passed all reviews.

-Dmitry

On 2012-10-24 19:49, Eamonn McManus wrote:
> This is already Reviewed-by: emcmanus, but I'm afraid I can't sponsor it.
> 
> Éamonn
> 
> 
> 2012/10/24 Jaroslav Bachorik <jaroslav.bachorik at oracle.com
> <mailto:jaroslav.bachorik at oracle.com>>
> 
>     I am looking for review and a sponsor.
> 
>     Webrev is available at
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/JDK-6783290/webrev.01/
> 
>     The serialization of javax.management.MBeanInfo and
>     javax.management.MBeanFeatureInfo instances is asymmetrical in cases
>     with no attached descriptor. The descriptor is serialized as an empty
>     array but when deserializing the descriptor is not read back at all.
>     Currently for RMI this does not pose any problem but the specification
>     does not explicitly allow this kind of behaviour and it may cause
>     troubles eventually.
> 
>     The patch just reads back the empty array to keep the
>     serialization/deserialization symmetric.
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     -JB-
> 
> 


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Dmitry Samersoff
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