JDK-8275667 : Refactor serial lint checks to be tree-based
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 18
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Submitted: 2021-10-20
  • Updated: 2024-08-22
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Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8160675 - Issue lint warning for non-serializable non-transient instance fields in serializable type
Relates :  
JDK-8202056 - Expand serial warning to check for bad overloads of serial-related methods and ineffectual fields
Description
The serial lints checks in JDK-8202056 and JDK-8160675 were written in terms of Symbol-level/javax.lang.model.Element-level semantics.

Code review feedback noted that the checks would be more idiomatic javac if expressed in terms of tree-level operations.