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Henry Zongaro closed XALANJ-2146:
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I have confirmed that this problem is resolved in Xalan-J 2.7.0.

> Byte code generated by XSLTC contains backwards branch when uninitialized 
> object is on stack
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>
>          Key: XALANJ-2146
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XALANJ-2146
>      Project: XalanJ2
>         Type: Bug
>   Components: XSLTC
>     Versions: Latest Development Code
>     Reporter: Henry Zongaro
>     Assignee: Henry Zongaro
>     Priority: Critical
>      Fix For: 2.7
>  Attachments: patch.j2146.txt
>
> Section 4.3.4 of the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 2nd Edition, places 
> the following restriction on Java byte code:
> «A valid instruction sequence must not have an uninitialized object on the 
> operand stack or in a local variable during a backwards branch, or in a local 
> variable in code protected by an exception handler or a finally clause. 
> Otherwise, a devious piece of code might fool the verifier into thinking it 
> had initialized a class instance when it had, in fact, initialized a class 
> instance created in a previous pass through a loop.»
> There are a number of places where XSLTC generates code that violates this 
> requirement; a strict implementation of the verification process described by 
> the JVM specification would detect the invalid byte code.  Most popular JVMs 
> do not seem to detect this problem - presumably because their verification is 
> less stringent - but this is a problem that needs to be fixed.
> See copy16.xsl for an example of the offending code sequence.  The id 
> function seems to be involved in all cases that pose a problem.

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