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src/java.instrument/share/classes/java/lang/instrument/Instrumentation.java
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/*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
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*
* <P>
* Instances of the retransformed class are not affected.
*
* <P>
- * The retransformation may change method bodies, the constant pool and attributes.
+ * The retransformation may change method bodies, the constant pool and
+ * attributes (unless explicitly prohibited).
* The retransformation must not add, remove or rename fields or methods, change the
- * signatures of methods, or change inheritance. These restrictions maybe be
- * lifted in future versions. The class file bytes are not checked, verified and installed
+ * signatures of methods, or change inheritance.
+ * The retransformation must not change the <code>NestHost</code> or
+ * <code>NestMembers</code> attributes.
+ * These restrictions maybe be lifted in future versions.
+ * The class file bytes are not checked, verified and installed
* until after the transformations have been applied, if the resultant bytes are in
* error this method will throw an exception.
*
* <P>
* If this method throws an exception, no classes have been retransformed.
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*
* <P>
* Instances of the redefined class are not affected.
*
* <P>
- * The redefinition may change method bodies, the constant pool and attributes.
+ * The redefinition may change method bodies, the constant pool and attributes
+ * (unless explicitly prohibited).
* The redefinition must not add, remove or rename fields or methods, change the
- * signatures of methods, or change inheritance. These restrictions maybe be
- * lifted in future versions. The class file bytes are not checked, verified and installed
+ * signatures of methods, or change inheritance.
+ * The retransformation must not change the <code>NestHost</code> or
+ * <code>NestMembers</code> attributes.
+ * These restrictions maybe be lifted in future versions.
+ * The class file bytes are not checked, verified and installed
* until after the transformations have been applied, if the resultant bytes are in
* error this method will throw an exception.
*
* <P>
* If this method throws an exception, no classes have been redefined.
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