On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:18:57 GMT, Leonid Mesnik <[email protected]> wrote:

>> The test failed because it expects that public/protected/default/private and 
>> static modifiers differ on the JVM level like in Java source code. However, 
>> only the ACC_PUBLIC modifier has an effect on interfaces.
>> 
>> Here is my proposal from bug comments:
>> 
>> I looked at the test and checked bytecode and spec.
>> 
>> Indeed, the bytecode of all redefineclasses021bi redefined classes differs 
>> only by ACC_PUBLIC attribute. So there is no sense to test other access 
>> levels even they exist in JLS.
>> 
>> The last redefinition adds 'static' modifier and verifies that there is no 
>> UOE is thrown. However static modifiers are also not set for interfaces 
>> because according to JLS it is set implicitly.
>> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-8.html#jls-8.5.1
>> "A member interface is implicitly static (ยง9.1.1). It is permitted for the 
>> declaration of a member interface to redundantly specify the static 
>> modifier."
>> The test already has been fixed to verify that UOE is not thrown but it just 
>> doesn't do anything, assuming that bytecode is the same. So I believe this 
>> test case might safely be deleted.
>> 
>> 
>> It is also InnerClasses_attribute in redefineclasses021b which points to 
>> attributes of the inner class. However, the spec says that it used by the 
>> compiler only. Also, the test doesn't redefine this class but interface only.
>> See https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se13/html/jvms-4.html:
>> "inner_class_access_flags
>> The value of the inner_class_access_flags item is a mask of flags used to 
>> denote access permissions to and properties of the class or interface C as 
>> declared in the source code from which this class file was compiled. It is 
>> used by a compiler to recover the original information when the source code 
>> is not available. The flags are specified in Table 4.7.6-A."
>> 
>> So I think it is enough just to check public vs not public access modifiers.
>
> Leonid Mesnik has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   updated comments.

Leonid,
Thank you for explanation.
LGTM.
Thanks,
Serguei

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Marked as reviewed by sspitsyn (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2093

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