[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JASSIST-53) VerifyError (constructor must call super() or this()) through ConstructorCall#replace when block includes a try/catch block

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: (class: test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call/Client, method: <init> signature: ()V) Constructor must call super() or this()

VerifyError (constructor must call super() or this()) through ConstructorCall#replace when block includes a try/catch block --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JASSIST-53 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JASSIST-53 Project: Javassist Issue Type: Bug Environment: javassist 3.7.1 (from cvs HEAD), jdk 1.6.0_03 on winXP Reporter: Yanic Inghelbrecht Assigned To: Shigeru Chiba Included is the simplest test case I could find that reproduces the error, it consists of two classes : Client (to be instrumented) and Main (does the instrumentation). When run, it produces the following exception trace : Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: (class: test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call/Client, method: <init> signature: ()V) Constructor must call super() or this() at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) at test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call.Main.main(Main.java:31) Also, when the replacement block uses $0 (the constructed object), for example : String block = "{try {$_=$proceed($$);} catch (Throwable t) {System.out.println($0);}}"; the error message changes to : Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: (class: test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call/Client, method: <init> signature: ()V) Register 1 contains wrong type at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) at test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call.Main.main(Main.java:31) Again, this is related (for me at least) to JIRA JAVASSIST 51 and 52, since those also deal with adding a try/catch block using replace in an ExprEditor#edit method. So far I've reported three issues all related to adding try/catch block with a replace in ExprEditor#edit : 51 for NewExpr 52 for MethodCall 53 for ConstructorCall I don't use the other ExprEditor#edit methods (i.e. edit(Handler), edit(FieldAccess), ...), so I don't expect to report any similar issues. However, you may want to check them to see if they suffer from the same problem. I hope it's an easy fix for you! Best regards, Yanic -- source for Client.java package test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call; public class Client { // } -- source for Main.java package test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import javassist.CannotCompileException; import javassist.ClassPool; import javassist.CtBehavior; import javassist.CtClass; import javassist.CtMethod; import javassist.Loader; import javassist.NotFoundException; import javassist.Translator; import javassist.expr.ConstructorCall; import javassist.expr.ExprEditor; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { ClassPool pool = new ClassPool(true); Loader cl = new Loader(); try { cl.addTranslator(pool, new MyTranslator()); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return; } // load the Client class Class clientClass=cl.loadClass("test_verify_error_with_try_catch_in_replace_for_constructor_call.Client"); // create an instance Object client=clientClass.newInstance(); } static public class MyTranslator extends ExprEditor implements Translator { public void onLoad(ClassPool pool, String classname) throws NotFoundException, CannotCompileException { CtClass cc = pool.get(classname); modify(cc); } public void modify(CtClass c) throws CannotCompileException { for (CtBehavior b : c.getDeclaredBehaviors()) { b.instrument(this); } } @Override public void edit(ConstructorCall cc) throws CannotCompileException { // simple proceed surrounded by a try/catch block // each block gives a different VerifyError String block = "{try {$_=$proceed($$);} catch (Throwable t) {}}"; // String block = "{try {$_=$proceed($$);} catch (Throwable t) {System.out.println($0);}}"; cc.replace(block); } public void start(ClassPool pool) throws NotFoundException, CannotCompileException { // do nothing } } }