hg: jdk7/tl/jdk: 2 new changesets

[Mandy Chung]

Hi Rob,

Rob Leland wrote:
> ..Mandy,
> 
> Three questions.
> 
> -import java.util.logging.Logger;
> +import sun.util.logging.PlatformLogger;
>  
> It seems counter intuitive that a dependency would be change
> from a java.* -> sun.* since this the OpenJDK ,why not add it to 
> java.util.log.* ?

Alan answered this question (thanks Alan). 
sun.util.logging.PlatformLogger is a private unsupported API added for 
internal JDK implementation use.

> Then the JavaDocs says :
>  This enables the runtime components to eliminate the
>  static dependency of the logging facility ....
>  In addition, the PlatformLogger API can be used if the logging
>  module does not exist.
> 
> What use case required this ?
 >
> Then is this meant to be similar to Apache commons-logging which also 
> has a basic logging functionality ?

No.  PlatformLogger is not designed to provide basic logging 
functionality but instead as a proxy to avoid direct dependency on 
java.util.logging for internal use.

I guess the last sentence caused the confusion.

Mandy

> On 9/18/2009 9:51 PM, mandy.chung at sun.com wrote:
>> Changeset: d3281fa8e46c
>> Author:    mchung
>> Date:      2009-09-17 14:24 -0700
>> URL:       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/tl/jdk/rev/d3281fa8e46c
>>
>> 6882376: Add internal support for JRE implementation to eliminate the dependency on logging
>> Summary: Added sun.util.logging.PlatformLogger for JRE implementation to log messages.
>> Reviewed-by: alanb, naoto
>>
>> ! make/java/logging/Makefile
>> ! src/share/classes/java/util/Currency.java
>> ! src/share/classes/java/util/jar/Attributes.java
>> ! src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
>> ! src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogRecord.java
>> ! src/share/classes/sun/util/LocaleServiceProviderPool.java
>> + src/share/classes/sun/util/logging/PlatformLogger.java
>> ! src/windows/classes/java/util/prefs/WindowsPreferences.java
>> + test/sun/util/logging/PlatformLoggerTest.java
>>
>> Changeset: 7b4e73ca6fd7
>> Author:    mchung
>> Date:      2009-09-18 17:27 -0700
>> URL:       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/tl/jdk/rev/7b4e73ca6fd7
>>
>> Merge
>>
>>
>>
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