On 04/21/2011 09:20 PM, fo...@x9c.fr wrote: > Le 21 avr. 2011 à 19:07, John Rose a écrit : > >> On Apr 21, 2011, at 9:41 AM, fo...@x9c.fr wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the information. >>> I wondered whether the EG had a "hidden" set of tests cases... >> I think there are two "hidden" sets, neither of which are (AFAIK) open >> source: There is an engineering group in Oracle which is developing JCK >> tests. IBM's J9 group has their own implementation, which presumably has >> unit tests. The EG as a whole has no access to these, though individual >> members do. >> >> The EG's workflow is pretty simple: We discuss the API, and I push the >> decisions (and sometimes suggestions under discussion) into the Reference >> Implementation javadoc. The RI is staged on the mlvm-dev patch repo, and >> then into OpenJDK. >> >> The reference implementation is in OpenJDK (7 not 6), which includes the >> unit tests Christian referred to. They consist of JUnit files like >> "MethodHandlesTest.java". Invokedynamic coverage goes through the "Indify" >> hack to generate the instructions from Java source. >> >> Beyond that, invokedynamic is exercised vigorously by the language >> implementations which are beginning to use it, such as JRuby. > Ho, yes I perfectly understand the workflow and do find it legitimate. > I was not worried about the quality of others' work, and I use the > information from the Javadoc as amendments to the class file > format. Everything is fine on this side. > > > As the developer of a class file manipulation library, I would like to > test it over ".class" files using various flavors of "invokedynamic" > settings. Just to verify that the library can successfully load classes > with "invokedynamic" instructions, associated attributes, and constant > pool elements. > > Indeed, this is my work that I want to scrutinize! > > > Regards, > > Xavier
Xavier, you can use ASM to generate your tests and your lib to read them (or vice versa). Rémi _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
