On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 20:30:30 GMT, Roger Riggs <[email protected]> wrote:
> ArchivedClassesTest is added to compare archived serialized class objects > against current classes. > Note: these are the serialized class objects themselves, for example > `java.lang.String.class`, not instances of the class, for example "Hello". > The archived classes reference was built against the latest released version: > 25.0.1+8. > > The test fails if the serialized class reference archive is missing from the > repository > or if there are any incompatible changes to the serialized bytes. > Normal output from the test includes: > - The version of the serialized class archive > - Listing (if any) of incompatible classes > - Listing of classes with compatible changes > - Listing of classes in the archive that are not in the current version > - Listing of classes in the current version not found in the archive > > The change of java.nio.ByteOrder from a class to enum is reported as an > approved incompatible change. test/jdk/java/io/Serializable/ClassSerialization/ArchivedClasses.txt line 4: > 2: # Version: 25.0.1+8-LTS-27 > 3: # Classes: 2620 > 4: # Module java.base I'm in two minds on the maintainability of having this file checked into the repo. As to where a golden file (or files) might live then maybe test/jdk/tools/sincechecker sets some precedence. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28586#discussion_r2581099309
