Name: ooR10001 Date: 05/04/2001


Since jdk1.4.0-beta-b59 serialVersionUID for java.util.regex.Pattern class will
be differ than under older build versions. This is a compatibility problem and
it needs to be fixed.

Following example shows a bug:
Lets compute serialVersionUID for java.util.regex.Pattern class under
jdk1.4.0-beta-b58 :
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% java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b58)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta-b58, mixed mode)

% serialver java.util.regex.Pattern
java.util.regex.Pattern: static final long serialVersionUID =
-696396193238722627L;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Lets compute serialVersionUID for java.util.regex.Pattern class under
jdk1.4.0-beta-b59 :
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% java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b59)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta-b59, mixed mode)

% serialver java.util.regex.Pattern
java.util.regex.Pattern: static final long serialVersionUID =
5073258162644648461L;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Note: both builds contains same delta for java.util.regex.Pattern source.

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