Contribution to Bug 100120

[David Holmes]

Alan Bateman said the following on 07/25/11 01:17:
> Peter Lawrey wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to following the http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
>> What is the next step to progressing bug
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/show_bug.cgi?id=100120
>> It has a suggested fix provided.
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Peter.
>>   
> I would suggest re-basing the patch and attaching it to the bug. It 
> would also be good to create a standalone test case that can be used to 
> demonstrate the contention (we could add it to tests in 
> jdk/test/java/lang/reflect/Proxy so that future maintainers have some 
> performance tests to run). If a patch is attached then you could start a 
> discussion here, get it reviewed, and get a sponsor to help get it in.

The original code is provided under GPL3. I don't know how you go about 
incorporating such code into OpenJDK ?

But as Mike says, first you have establish there is a general problem 
that needs to be solved and that adding this class, or changing the 
existing implementation is a reasonable change to make for the OpenJDK.

David

> -Alan.