14 RFR (M) 8232080: jlink plugins for vendor information and run-time options

[Bob Vandette]

> On Oct 22, 2019, at 3:22 PM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> 
> 2019/10/22 10:31:55 -0700, bob.vandette at oracle.com:
>> In arguments.cpp, could you use a new JVMFlag to declare options that came from this resource as RESOURCE?
>> 
>> - jint result = parse_each_vm_init_arg(vm_options_args, &patch_mod_javabase, JVMFlag::INTERNAL);
>> + jint result = parse_each_vm_init_arg(vm_options_args, &patch_mod_javabase, JVMFlag::RESOURCE);
>> 
>> This will require some minor changes to jvmFlags.hpp
>> 
>>  34 struct JVMFlag {
>>  35   enum Flags {
>>  36     // latest value origin
>>  37     DEFAULT          = 0,
>>  38     COMMAND_LINE     = 1,
>>  39     ENVIRON_VAR      = 2,
>>  40     CONFIG_FILE      = 3,
>>  41     MANAGEMENT       = 4,
>>  42     ERGONOMIC        = 5,
>>  43     ATTACH_ON_DEMAND = 6,
>>  44     INTERNAL         = 7,
>> 
>> +  45     RESOURCE         = 8,
>> 
>>  46 
>> 
>> -  47      LAST_VALUE_ORIGIN = INTERNAL,
>> + 47     LAST_VALUE_ORIGIN = RESOURCE,
> 
> Yes, that’d make sense, in which case I’d also change JVMFlag::print_origin
> to handle the RESOURCE case (which is easy).
> 
> Is “RESOURCE” the best name here?  Sounds awfully generic.  How about
> “JIMAGE” or “JIMAGE_RESOURCE”?


JIMAGE_RESOURCE or VM_OPTIONS_RESOURCE  works for me.

Bob.

> 
> - Mark