RFR: JDK-8210731 PropertiesParser does not produce reproducible output

Thu Sep 13 23:20:13 UTC 2018

Hello,

Looks good. Perhaps add a comment explaining why the otherwise unusual 
choice of collection class is used.

/Erik

On 2018-09-13 15:20, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> The file make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/PropertiesParser.java 
> b/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/PropertiesParser.java is used 
> to convert .properties files into .java files as part of the gensrc step.
>
> However, due to it's use of creating it's output directly from 
> HashMaps, it's not guaranteed to be stable, and is causing spurios 
> differences in our cmp-baseline builds.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210731
> WebRev: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8210731-properties-parser-is-not-stable/webrev.01
>
> /Magnus
>