This is already Reviewed-by: emcmanus, but I'm afraid I can't sponsor it. Éamonn
2012/10/24 Jaroslav Bachorik <jaroslav.bacho...@oracle.com> > I am looking for review and a sponsor. > > Webrev is available at > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/JDK-6783290/webrev.01/ > > The serialization of javax.management.MBeanInfo and > javax.management.MBeanFeatureInfo instances is asymmetrical in cases > with no attached descriptor. The descriptor is serialized as an empty > array but when deserializing the descriptor is not read back at all. > Currently for RMI this does not pose any problem but the specification > does not explicitly allow this kind of behaviour and it may cause > troubles eventually. > > The patch just reads back the empty array to keep the > serialization/deserialization symmetric. > > Thanks, > > -JB- >