Here is another version of the webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/8006564/webrev.01/
This test can do 3 things: 1. Generate the byte streams in code format. 2. Run in jdk7 3. Run in jdk6 In fact, the output of 1 is included inside the test. Thanks Max On 01/29/2013 06:27 PM, Alan Bateman wrote: > On 29/01/2013 10:21, Weijun Wang wrote: >> I cannot think of a better way to simulate jdk6 behavior without calling >> jdk6. >> >> Without this hack, the forward compatibility check part cannot be >> tested. Maybe I can add this part to the jdk6 repo? >> > I think the type of interop that you attempting to test here is more > appropriate for other test suites. > > For the jdk repo, then I think it should be fine to check in the bytes > streams (in source rather than binary format) and just check that they > can be de-serialized in jdk8 (you can go the other way too by testing > the serialized stream that jdk8 generated). > > -Alan. >
