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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-6981095

Additional -Xlint:serial warning

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      For full details, see thread here:
      http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2010-August/002243.html

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      The JLS does not provide binary compatibility for compiler-generated
      fields (such as reference to an outer class object from an inner class
      object). This means that there is no reliable way to use such classes
      in serialization even if all involved classes implement
      java.io.Serializable. A mere recompilation of unchanged sources might
      result in different compiler-generated names.

      Would it make sense to enhance -Xlint:serial to warn about classes
      which implement java.io.Serializable and contain compiler-generated
      fields?

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              jjg Jonathan Gibbons
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