Bug ID: JDK-8203263 Remove unnecessary throws clauses from serialization-related methods

JDK-8203263 : Remove unnecessary throws clauses from serialization-related methods

Type: Enhancement
Component: client-libs
Sub-Component: java.awt
Affected Version: 11

Priority: P4
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed

Submitted: 2018-05-16
Updated: 2018-07-26
Resolved: 2018-07-18

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JDK 12
12 b04Fixed

Related Reports

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Description

A handful of serialization-related methods in awt and beans have unnecessary throws clauses on their serialization-related methods. These should be removed.

Comments

Review threads: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2018-July/014166.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/beans-dev/2018-July/000369.html

18-07-2018

For writeObject methods, the serialization spec requires the following declaration for a writeObject method: private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream stream) throws IOException; https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/specs/serialization/output.html#the-writeobject-method Declaring writeObject to throw additional exceptions is improper.

17-07-2018