Re: Java 6 StackMapTable support

Torsten Curdt <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:02:26 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.bcel.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 03.02.2007, at 01:14, Michael Martin wrote:

> I've been working on a Javay binary transformer and have been looking
> into what it would take to upgrade it to work on the new Java 6 files.
>
> I have already produced an extension for reading Java 6 StackMapTables
> (which aren't the same as the StackMaps presently implemented) that
> should exist comfortably side-by-side with the current classfile
> loaders.  The Java 6-produced files I've tested with it already
> happily run through Class2HTML and even list the StackMapTables in the
> attributes list in the resulting HTML without any changes to the
> Class2HTML code.
>
> Would the project be interested in this, and Is there a standard
> location to send patches?

That would be pretty cool!

Actually have people trying the lastest 1.5 support from trunk?


It might be time to get another release out of the door soonish.
Probably alpha with all those changes - but still.

Any feedback appreciated.

cheers
--
Torsten