Details
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Bug
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Status: Closed
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Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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Description
It turns out we made a mistake with the StackMap renaming changes. I ran into a problem decoding some old .class files and went back to the Java Specification Requests (JSRs) to try and understand the history of the StackMap attribute. While I was not able to get the complete story, I have a pretty good guess at what happened and it does explain the problem I have seen.
The official introduction of StackMaps appears to be JSR 202 from (approx.) Sept. 2006 and it is part of JDK6 (see attached spec) . However, StackMaps were originally proposed much earlier (approx.) March 2002 - see the attached verifier spec. It appears there were some implementations of this earlier specification - the ASM tool was one and there may be others.
The key differences are:
Typechecker Spec: StackMap attribute with fixed format and no frame type byte
JDK 6 Spec: StackMapTable attribute with variable format including a frame type byte.
The JVM and the javap tool support BOTH formats. BCEL recognizes both attribute names, but treats them the same, as JDK6 version.
I don't think the changes will be too difficult. I will create a proposed fix within the next few days.