I've thought about that, but it means there is no way to check forward-compatibility. (Am I using the correct word? Deserialize jdk7 format with jdk6).
Max 在 2013-1-21，下午9:58，Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> 写道： > On 21/01/2013 01:51, Weijun Wang wrote: >> Please take a look at the webrev at >> >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/8006564/webrev.00/ >> >> Bug is >> >> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8006564 >> >> The S11N.sh test uses /java to try to access old JDKs. When the test is >> running at Russia, /java exists but is on the other side of the globe, and a >> timeout happens. >> >> This fix has created a jdk6-style class and use it to check for >> compatibility. Not precise but enough for this test. >> >> Thanks >> Max > It's good to see the dependency on /java/re removed but I'm not sure that I > like the -Xbootclasspath/o:old because it is too tied into the implementation. > > Have you considered just put the serial versions of the older releases into a > byte array and have test use that? It would of course require having a way to > easily re-create the byte array (should be clear instructions). > > -Alan >
