*** old/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed May 21 15:04:15 2008
--- new/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed May 21 15:04:15 2008

*** 42,51 ****
--- 42,52 ----
  // - to check for bug fixes in the format checker in JDK1.5
  #define JAVA_1_5_VERSION                  49
  
  // Used for backward compatibility reasons:
  // - to check for javac bug fixes that happened after 1.5
+ // - also used as the max version when running in jdk6
  #define JAVA_6_VERSION                    50
  
  
  void ClassFileParser::parse_constant_pool_entries(constantPoolHandle cp, int length, TRAPS) {
    // Use a local copy of ClassFileStream. It helps the C++ compiler to optimize

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            (is_public && is_private) ||
            (is_protected && is_private));
  }
  
  bool ClassFileParser::is_supported_version(u2 major, u2 minor) {
+   u2 max_version = JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk17x_version() ?
+     JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION : JAVA_6_VERSION;
    return (major >= JAVA_MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION) &&
!          (major <= JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION) &&
!          ((major != JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION) ||
!          (major <= max_version) &&
!          ((major != max_version) ||
            (minor <= JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_MINOR_VERSION));
  }
  
  void ClassFileParser::verify_legal_field_modifiers(
      jint flags, bool is_interface, TRAPS) {