diff -r 000000000000 -r 959103a6100f test/tools/javah/compareTest/README --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/test/tools/javah/compareTest/README Wed Apr 27 01:34:52 2016 +0800 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +test/tools/javah/compareTest/README + +This directory contains a program for comparing the output of new javah against the +output of JDK 6 or other older versions of javah. + +It cannot be run automatically because of the need for the older version of javah +to compare against. + +The test works by scanning a jar file, such as rt.jar, looking for all files with +native methods. It then runs both the old and new versions of javah on those +classes with native methods, and verifies that the results are character-for-character +identical. + +To run the test, build langtools, then execute the script in the root langtools +directory, providing the location of the JDK to be tested. The default is +/opt/jdk/1.6.0.