RFR: 8280798: com.sun.jdi.ObjectReference::setValue spec should prohibit any final field modification [v2]

Tue Nov 29 20:31:23 UTC 2022

On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 20:18:30 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
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> Alex Menkov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Updated IAE description to mention final fields

I think we've got enough information now to support with this change.

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