RFR: 8016344 - (props) Properties.storeToXML behaviour has changed from JDK 6 to 7

[Mandy Chung]

Daniel,

Have you considered to revert to the previous version and simply iterate 
props.keySet rather than adding a new entry point just for 
jdk.internal.util.xml.PropertiesDefaultHandler to use?

Mandy

On 10/17/13 9:18 AM, Daniel Fuchs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please find below a fix for:
>
> 8016344: (props) Properties.storeToXML behaviour has changed from
>          JDK 6 to 7
>
> The code for storing properties to XML has changed significantly
> between 7 & 8 - but the bug is still present in 8...
>
> This is the fix for JDK 8.
>
> By default Properties.storeToXML uses
> sun.util.xml.PlatformXmlPropertiesProvider, and so the test
> contains an explicit test for the alternate provider
> (jdk.internal.util.xml.PropertiesDefaultHandler) which is only
> used on profiles where the default provider is not available.
>
> AFAICT the test should run on all 3 profiles.
>
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/webrev_8016344/webrev.00/>
>
> best regards,
>
> -- daniel