RFR (S) 8073550 : java* tools: replace obj.getClass hacks with Assert.checkNonNull or Objects.requireNonNull

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

New patch and delta diff against previous patch. All test pass.

Thanks
Maurizio

On 26/02/15 01:14, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
>
> On 26/02/15 00:43, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>>
>> On 02/25/2015 04:25 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 3. In general, we should not depend on the javac internal Assert 
>>>> mechanism outside of javac.
>>> Uh - ok. Not sure I fully buy this - i.e. javadoc reuses 99% of 
>>> javac so I'm not sure what buys us not to use Assert mechanism there...
>>
>> The com.sun.tools.classfile library is currently stand-alone, totally 
>> separate from javac. It has even been backported into JDK 6.   It 
>> seems wrong/unnecessary to introduce a new dependency on a minor 
>> javac utility class.
>>
>> In separate, somewhat unrelated discussions, we have talked about 
>> doing more with the javac Assert mechanism, and possibly recording 
>> more of the execution environment, in a somewhat more formalized way. 
>> That would likely depend on support code in the javac Main program, 
>> where we catch and handle all the exceptions that might come out of 
>> the javac internals. javadoc does not share/reuse that part of javac.
>>
>> Separately, the ongoing cleanup of the javac doclet API (JEP 221: 
>> http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/221) will significantly reduce javadoc's 
>> need to access javac internal API. So, it's good to keep the 
>> dependencies down.
> Good - will clean those up
>
> Maurizio
>>
>> -- Jon
>

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