NOTE: This issue is sun4v platform specific.

5.0_10b01 java.lang.Class.getMethods() is throwing an exception on S10u2

falls 5.10 # uname -a
SunOS falls 5.10 Generic_118833-24 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200

falls 5.10 # cat /etc/release
                       Solaris 10 6/06 s10s_u2wos_09a SPARC
           Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                             Assembled 09 June 2006
falls 5.10 #

i.e This is the latest customer Solaris release.

falls 5.10 # head -4 /J2SE_Solaris_10_Recommended/CLUSTER_README
# CLUSTER_README

NAME: J2SE Solaris 10 Recommended Patch Cluster
DATE: Sep/26/06
falls 5.10 #

i.e This is the latest customer recommended J2SE patch cluster
and it was installed on this system.

falls 5.10 # ../jdk1.5.0_09_REALLY_1.5.0_10b01/bin/java -version
java version "1.5.0_09-ea"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-ea-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_09-ea-b01, mixed mode)
falls 5.10 #

i.e this was originally the intended 1.5.0_09 build 1 until realignment of releases names to accomodate special 5.0_09, now internally regarded as 5.0_10b01


Test Code (thanks ###@###.###) :

falls 5.10 # cat Test1.java
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;

class Test1 {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      try {
         File ts = new File(args[0]);
         URL [] urls = new URL[1];
         urls[0] = (new File(ts, "lib/javatest.jar")).toURL();
         Class tsClass = new URLClassLoader(urls).loadClass("com.sun.javatest.TestSuite");
         Method [] m = tsClass.getMethods();

      } catch ( Exception e ) {
         System.out.println("Got exception: " + e );
      }
      System.out.println("OK");
   }
}
falls 5.10 #

falls 5.10 # ../jdk1.5.0_09_REALLY_1.5.0_10b01/bin/javac Test1.java
falls 5.10 #

Usage: java Test1 <path to JCK testsuite>

falls 5.10 # ../jdk1.5.0_09_REALLY_1.5.0_10b01/bin/java Test1 /net/jqa.ireland/export/home4/jck/JCK-runtime-15a
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: (class: com/sun/javatest/TestSuite, method: createTestFinder signature: ()Lcom/sun/javatest/TestFinder;) Wrong return type in function
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2395)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetPublicMethods(Class.java:2519)
        at java.lang.Class.getMethods(Class.java:1406)
        at Test1.main(Test1.java:15)
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This test code passess on 5.0_08b03 (on sun4v) as shown next:

falls 5.10 #
falls 5.10 # ../5u8b3/jdk1.5.0_08/bin/java -version
java version "1.5.0_08"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_08-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_08-b03, mixed mode)
falls 5.10 #
falls 5.10 # ../5u8b3/jdk1.5.0_08/bin/java Test1 /net/jqa.ireland/export/home4/jck/JCK-runtime-15a
OK
falls 5.10 #


The failing test passes on sun4u platform as shown next:

tiffin 5.10 # uname -a
SunOS tiffin 5.10 Generic_118833-20 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440
tiffin 5.10 # cat /etc/release
                       Solaris 10 6/06 s10s_u2wos_09a SPARC
           Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                             Assembled 09 June 2006
tiffin 5.10 #
tiffin 5.10 # ../jdk1.5.0_09/bin/java -version
java version "1.5.0_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_09-b01, mixed mode)
tiffin 5.10 #
tiffin 5.10 # ../jdk1.5.0_09/bin/java Test1 /net/jqa.ireland/export/home4/jck/JCK-runtime-15a
OK
tiffin 5.10 #


NOTE: J2SE 5.0u9 "REFRESH" and Mustang are fine as shown next:

falls 5.10 # ../5u9b02//jdk1.5.0_09/bin/java -version
java version "1.5.0_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_09-b02, mixed mode)
falls 5.10 # ../5u9b02//jdk1.5.0_09/bin/java Test1 /net/jqa.ireland/export/home4/jck/JCK-runtime-15a
OK
falls 5.10 #

falls 5.10 # ../6/jdk1.6.0/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0-rc"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-rc-b100)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.6.0-rc-b100, mixed mode)
falls 5.10 #
falls 5.10 # ../6/jdk1.6.0/bin/java Test1 /net/jqa.ireland/export/home4/jck/JCK-runtime-15a
OK
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NOTE: I will update with conformance check in due course.