The serialized form of the following classes in JDK 7 builds are not compatible with prior versions of Java: javax.swing.text.html.parser.ParserDelegator javax.swing.LayoutComparator They need to be declared as not compatible between releases in the API documentation, as is the case for some other serializable Swing classes.
Since It is widely known that serialized Swing classes are not comptible between major releases, we just didn't add the warning at that couple classes. Added the warning.. ------------- Commit messages: - 7030853: JDK 7 Serializable Swing classes not compatible with JDK 6 Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11565/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=11565&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-7030853 Stats: 13 lines in 2 files changed: 12 ins; 0 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11565.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/11565/head:pull/11565 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11565