Name: ssT124754 Date: 01/16/2001

Execute the following command:
javap java.lang.String

Notice that it says:
Compiled from ../../../src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java

According to The Java Virtual Machine Specification, section 4.7.2,
"Only the name of the source file is given by the SourceFile
attribute. It never represents the name of a directory containing
the file or an absolute path name for the file. For instance, the
SourceFile attribute might contain the file name foo.java but
not the UNIX pathname /home/lindholm/foo.java."

Debuggers use the SourceFile attribute in class files, and may
behave incorrectly if the SourceFile attribute is wrong.
(Review ID: 111759)
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2002-01-24
This bug also causes a problem within Rational Rose. The Java->Reverse Engineering function fails on classes compiled w/ J2SDK 1.3.x due to
"wrong file format error". (This was confirmed by Rational Tech Support.)