8382242: JFR: Metadata reconstruction invalidates ConstantMap for java.lang.String

src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/consumer/ParserFactory.java

@@ -132,9 +132,12 @@ private Parser createPrimitiveParser(Type type, boolean event) throws IOExceptio
             case "short" -> new ShortParser();
             case "byte" ->  new ByteParser();
             case "java.lang.String" -> {
-                ConstantMap pool = new ConstantMap(ObjectFactory.create(type, timeConverter), type);
-                ConstantLookup lookup = new ConstantLookup(pool, type);
-                constantLookups.put(type.getId(), lookup);
+                ConstantLookup lookup = constantLookups.get(type.getId());
+                if (lookup == null) {
+                    ConstantMap pool = new ConstantMap(ObjectFactory.create(type, timeConverter), type);
+                    lookup = new ConstantLookup(pool, type);
+                    constantLookups.put(type.getId(), lookup);
+                }
                 yield new StringParser(lookup, event);
             }
             default ->  throw new IOException("Unknown primitive type " + type.getName());

test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestMetadataReconstructionWithRetainedStringPool.java

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
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+
+package jdk.jfr.api.consumer.streaming;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingStream;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test that it is possible to register new metadata in a new segment while retaining the string pool.
+ * @requires vm.flagless
+ * @requires vm.hasJFR
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.consumer.streaming.TestMetadataReconstructionWithRetainedStringPool
+ */
+public class TestMetadataReconstructionWithRetainedStringPool {
+    /// Minimum string length required to trigger StringPool usage.
+    /// Mirrors `jdk.jfr.internal.StringPool.MIN_LIMIT`.
+    private static final int STRING_POOL_MIN_LIMIT = 16;
+    private static final int EXPECTED_EVENTS = 3;
+
+    // Condition 1: String length > STRING_POOL_MIN_LIMIT triggers CONSTANT_POOL encoding.
+    private static final String TEXT = "a".repeat(STRING_POOL_MIN_LIMIT + 1);;
+
+    static final class EventA extends Event {
+        String text = TEXT;
+    }
+
+    static final class EventB extends Event {
+        String text = TEXT;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws InterruptedException {
+        var aEventsPosted = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        var readyToPostEventB = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        var remaining = new CountDownLatch(EXPECTED_EVENTS);
+
+        try (var rs = new RecordingStream()) {
+            rs.onEvent(e -> {
+                String textValue = e.getValue("text");
+                if (textValue == null) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("e.getValue(\"text\") returned null");
+                }
+                remaining.countDown();
+                System.out.printf("Event #%d [%s]: text=%s%n",
+                        EXPECTED_EVENTS - remaining.getCount(),
+                        e.getEventType().getName(),
+                        textValue);
+            });
+
+            rs.onFlush(() -> {
+                if (aEventsPosted.getCount() == 0) {
+                    readyToPostEventB.countDown();
+                }
+            });
+
+            rs.startAsync();
+
+            // Condition 2: Two distinct event types are required.
+            //              First, load EventA as the initial event type and emit its first event.
+            //              This first event looks into the StringPool pre-cache. Although the
+            //              string length qualifies for pooling, because it isn't pre-cached,
+            //              the first event encodes the string inline.
+            //              The second event finds the string in the pre-cache and adds it to the
+            //              pool. A constant pool ID to the pooled string is encoded in the event.
+            //
+            new EventA().commit();
+            new EventA().commit();
+            aEventsPosted.countDown();
+
+            // Condition 3: Wait for JFR flush.
+            //              The default flush period is ~1 second.
+            readyToPostEventB.await();
+
+            // Load the second event type, EventB, AFTER the flush segment containing the two events of type EventA.
+            // A new metadata description will be constructed, and we verify that the StringPool added in the previous
+            // segment is still available for the EventB string pool reference to be resolved correctly.
+            new EventB().commit();
+            remaining.await();
+        }
+    }
+}