The Java Virtual Machine Specification is permissive regarding the number of entries of the `RuntimeVisibleParameterAnnotations` and `RuntimeInvisibleParameterAnnotations` attributes in the `class` file format. The `javac` tool was less permissive, and was rejecting `class` files that had a different number of entries than `javac` expected.

With JDK 24, this is fixed, and `javac` now accepts `class` files with any number of entries in the `RuntimeVisibleParameterAnnotations` and `RuntimeInvisibleParameterAnnotations` attributes. A compile-time warning is produced if the content of the attributes cannot be mapped to the corresponding method's parameters.