Errata for
The Java Virtual Machine Specification,

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Preface

Introduction

Java Programming Language Concepts

The Java Virtual Machine Specification, section 2.2, should replace the use of deprecated methods with their non-deprecated replacements. Specifically:

Character.isJavaLetter is replaced by Character.isJavaIdentifierStart and Character.isJavaLetterOrDigit is replaced by Character.isJavaIdentifierPart.

Readers should refer to the on-line documentation of these functions for an accurate description of their functionality.

The Structure of the Java Virtual Machine

The class File Format

The description of the attributes table of the ClassFile structure, given in section 4.1, states that the only attributes defined by the specification as appearing in that table are the SourceFile and Deprecated attributes. The statement is incorrect. In addition to those attributes, the InnerClasses and Synthetic attributes are also defined by the specification (in sections 4.7.5 and 4.7.6) as appearing in the attributes table of the ClassFile structure.

Loading, Linking, and Initializing

The Java Virtual Machine Instruction Set

The descriptions of the results of the fmul and dmul instructions omit the case where positive or negative infinities of the appropriate types are multiplied. The fourth bullet of these instruction descriptions should read:

• Multiplication of an infinity by a finite value or another infinity results in a signed infinity. The sign of the result is positive if both values have the same sign and negative if the values have different signs.

In the description of the invokestatic instruction on page 288, the second paragraph refers to the resolved field. It should refer to the resolved method

Compiling for the Java Virtual Machine

Threads and Locks

Opcode Mnemonics by Opcode

Appendix: Summary of Clarifications and Amendments

Index

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