RFR: 8280798: com.sun.jdi.ObjectReference::setValue spec should prohibit any final field modification

[David Holmes]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:58:54 GMT, Alex Menkov <amenkov at openjdk.org> wrote:

> com.sun.jdi.ObjectReference::setValue spec says that final static fields cannot be modified, but openjdk implementation throws IllegalArgumentException for any final fields (static or instance).
> 
> The fix updates the spec to prohibit any final field modification
> CSR: JDK-8281652

I commented in the bug report, but shouldn't a debugger be able to set a final field?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11279