[NETBEANS-5546] Update asm from 8.0.1 to 9.2

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Implemented
• Affects Version/s: 12.3, 12.4
• Fix Version/s: 12.5
• Component/s: projects - Libraries
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: José Contreras
• Reporter: José Contreras
• Created: 05/Apr/21 19:30
• Updated: 15/Jul/21 19:04
• Resolved: 15/Jul/21 19:04

Description

Notes:

• JDK 18 support
• JDK 17 support
• JDK 16 support (sealed classes), new ASM9 api version
• Add some input validations in ClassReader
• Replace -debug flag in Printer with -nodebug (-debug continues to work)
• ClassReader.readStream() performance improvements
• Javadoc fixes
• Bug fixes:
  • 317900: Javadoc of ClassVisitor does not specify order of visitRecordComponent
  • 317904: Bug with constructors in AdviceAdapter
  • 317910: Iterating over a InsnList with an iterator traverses the list twice
  • 317897: AdviceAdapter incorrectly emits onMethodEnter from a try-catch block in a constructor
  • 317921: Make Analyzer not require correct maxs or calculate maxs fast
  • 317922: InstructionAdapter shall throw consistent exceptions
  • 317923: Incorrect documentation on ClassReader's use of AnnotationVisitor
  • 317929: ClassRemapper doesn't remap annotation values
  • 317930: Can CheckClassAdapter.checkTypeRef throw a more specific exception?
  • 317931: Shall CheckMethodAdapter.Method.visitLabel throw IllegalStateException?
  • 317942: ClassCheckAdaptor output represents reference arrays as only their "root" component type
  • Tests that requires preview features should only run if the preview features of the right JDK are enabled

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Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2863