Name: ygR10224 Date: 07/19/2004



  Filed By : SPB JCK team
  JDK : java full version "1.5.0-beta3-b58"
  JCK : 1.5
  Platform[s] : Solaris
  switch/Mode :
  JCK test owner : http://javaweb.eng/jct/sqe/JCK-tck/usr/owners.jto
  Failing Test [s] : None
      

  Specification excerpt:
  ======================
  
  --------- J2SE API spec v.1.5 ---------
  ...
  Class java.lang.Enum extends Object implements Serializable

  Serialized Fields
  name

  String name
  The name of this enum constant, as declared in the enum declaration.
  Most programmers should use the Enum.toString() method rather than
  accessing this field.

  ordinal

  int ordinal
  The ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position in the
  enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned an ordinal of
  zero). Most programmers will have no use for this field. It is designed
  for use by sophisticated enum-based data structures, such as EnumSet and
  EnumMap.
  ---------- end-of-excerpt ---------------


  Problem description
  ===================
  Serialized Form documentation for class java.lang.Enum
  define two fields. But Java Object Serialization Specification
  (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/pdf/serial-1.5.0.pdf)
  states (page 11, "1.12 Serialization of Enum Constants")
  the following about serialization of the enum-type constants:
  ---
  ...
  Enum constants are serialized differently than ordinary serializable or
  externalizable objects. The serialized form of an enum constant consists
  solely of its name; field values of the constant are not present in the
  form.
  ...
  ---

  So Serialized Form javadoc for java.lang.Enum is ambiguous and
  should be bring in correspondence with JOSS.


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