JSR-308/type-annotations, javap and Pack200

Kumar Srinivasan kumar.x.srinivasan at oracle.com
Wed Jan 30 09:50:32 PST 2013



>> Hello,
>>
>> I am working on making pack200/JSR-200 comply with Type Annotations 
>> for this I need the following:
>> 1. a working javap and specifically spec. compliant c.s.t.classfile.* 
>> for verification
>> 2. sample class file(s) containing all possible TypeAnnotations
>>
>> As for 1. I tried using javap for class files and I get a hex dump, 
>> this typically means that c.s.t.classfile
>> package is not yet ready. What is the ETA for all of this to be 
>> complete ?
>>
>> As for 2. are there existing class files which have these annotations 
>> or sample source code when
>> compiled will produce all the possible 
>> Runtime(In)VisibleTypeAnnotations ?
I have found some class files which have these annotations. Is there a 
test file
that can produce as many of the cases in the 'target_info' union.

Kumar

>>
>> Appreciate any information on these.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Kumar
>>
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