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+import java.nio.Buffer;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class Buffers {
+ /**
+ * Running this method will fail during runtime on JDK 8, if compiled on JDK 9+ with {@code -source 8 -target 8},
+ * because the API has changed: In JDK 8 there was only {@code Buffer.flip()}, but since JDK 9 it is overloaded by
+ * {@code ByteBuffer.flip()}.
+ * <p>
+ * Therefore, it is imperative to compile against the old API, using the correct boot classpath. On JDK 9+, the
+ * canonical way to do this is to use {@code --release 8}, because the JDK contains a compatibility layer exactly for
+ * this purpose.
+ * <p>
+ * If incorrectly compiled against JDK 9+ API, this will fail with:
+ * <pre>{@code java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.nio.ByteBuffer.flip()Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer; }</pre>
+ */
+ public static Buffer flip(ByteBuffer buffer) {
+ return buffer.flip();
+ }
+}
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Contributors
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-2.0/EPL-2.0.txt
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.aspectj.systemtest.ajc198;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import org.aspectj.apache.bcel.Constants;
+import org.aspectj.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass;
+import org.aspectj.apache.bcel.classfile.Method;
+import org.aspectj.testing.XMLBasedAjcTestCase;
+import org.aspectj.testing.XMLBasedAjcTestCaseForJava9OrLater;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * @author Alexander Kriegisch
+ */
+public class CompileWithReleaseTests extends XMLBasedAjcTestCaseForJava9OrLater {
+
+ /**
+ * In order to avoid a complicated test involving two different JDKs (9+ for compilation, 8 for runtime), we inspect
+ * the byte code of test class {@code Buffers} with BCEL, simply grepping on the disassembled byte code. If compiled
+ * correctly with {@code --release 8}, the byte code should contain the equivalent of a {@code Buffer.flip()} call,
+ * not a {@code ByteBuffer.flip()} one.
+ */
+ public void testCompileToOlderJDKRelease() {
+ runTest("compile to older JDK release");
+
+ // Check compiled byte code version
+ String className = "Buffers";
+ checkVersion(className, Constants.MAJOR_1_8, Constants.MINOR_1_8);
+
+ // Disassemble method and check if Java 8 API is used as expected
+ JavaClass javaClass;
+ try {
+ javaClass = getClassFrom(ajc.getSandboxDirectory(), className);
+ }
+ catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+ throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot find class " + className, e);
+ }
+ Method method = Objects.requireNonNull(getMethodFromClass(javaClass, "flip"));
+ String disassembledMethod = method.getCode().toString();
+
+ final String JAVA8_API_CALL = "invokevirtual\tjava.nio.ByteBuffer.flip ()Ljava/nio/Buffer;";
+ final String JAVA9_API_CALL = "invokevirtual\tjava.nio.ByteBuffer.flip ()Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;";
+ if (disassembledMethod.contains(JAVA9_API_CALL))
+ fail(
+ "Class '" + className + "' was compiled against Java 9+ API. " +
+ "There seems to be a problem with the '--release' compiler option.\n" +
+ "Disassembled method:\n" + disassembledMethod
+ );
+ else if (!disassembledMethod.contains(JAVA8_API_CALL))
+ fail(
+ "Cannot determine if class '" + className + "' was compiled against Java 8 or 9+ API. " +
+ "This should never happen.\n" +
+ "Disassembled method:\n" + disassembledMethod
+ );
+ }
+
+ public static Test suite() {
+ return XMLBasedAjcTestCase.loadSuite(CompileWithReleaseTests.class);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected java.net.URL getSpecFile() {
+ return getClassResource("ajc198.xml");
+ }
+
+}