On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:29:04 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java line 1297: >> >>> 1295: // The componentType field's null value is the sole indication >>> that the class is an array, >>> 1296: // see isArray(). >>> 1297: private transient final Class<?> componentType; >> >> Why the `transient` and how does this impact serialization?? > > The fields in `Class` are just inconsistently transient or not. `Class` has > special treatment in the serialization specification, so the presence or > absence of the `transient` modifier has no effect. Thanks Chen. I was wondering why the other JVM installed fields were transient and this one wasn't so I added it to see if someone noticed and could verify whether it's right or not. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23572#discussion_r1963520059
