>> You can still generate a ISE inside readObject by performing "new >> XPathException(new Exception()).initCause(null)" in the old code and then >> reading that in the new patch. In the new code that line would fail fast. > > So what should the result of this be given that the original exception > has an inconsistent state (two 'causes')? >
Maybe catch ISE and throw InvalidObjectException or StreamCorruptedException? Jason
