On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 21:30:18 GMT, Lois Foltan <lfol...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Please review this fix for JDK-8256867. This change no longer throws a >> ClassFormatError exception when loading a class whose PermittedSubclasses >> attribute is empty (contains no classes). Instead, the class is treated as >> a sealed class which cannot be extended nor implemented. This new behavior >> conforms to the JVM Spec. >> >> This change required changing Class.permittedSubclasses() to return an empty >> array for classes with empty PermittedSubclasses attributes, and to return >> null for non-sealed classes. >> >> This fix was tested with Mach5 tiers 1-2 on Linux, MacOS, and Windows, and >> tiers 3-5 on Linux x64. >> >> Thanks, Harold > > Changes looks good Harold. > Lois Hi Harold, > There is no CSR because I viewed this as a bug fix / spec conformance issue. > But, I can write a CSR if you think one is needed. This spec change needs a CSR since the return value is changed if this class is not sealed. Please create one. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1675
