RFR (XS) 8028520: JVM should not throw VerifyError when a private method overrides a final method

harold seigel harold.seigel at oracle.com
Tue Nov 19 07:57:14 PST 2013


Hi,

Please review this small fix for bug 8028520.  Ina greement with a 
recent JVM Spec  change this fix ignores private methods when checking 
to see if a method is overriding a final method.

webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8028520/ 
<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ehseigel/bug_8028520/>

bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8028520

The fix was tested with JCK Lang and VM tests, ute quicktests, jtreg, 
and defmeth tests.

Thanks, Harold


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