RFR 9 8055330: (process spec) ProcessBuilder.start and Runtime.exec should throw UnsupportedOperationException ...

[Roger Riggs]

Hi Martin,

Since very few developers will care about this case, it doesn't seem 
necessary to
repeat the javadoc unless consistency is more important than readability.

In Runtime, the change is in the full exec method;  all of the other 
exec methods are
described as convenience methods and explicitly refer to the full exec 
method.

Roger

On 1/30/2015 12:44 PM, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> Seems OK, but:
>
> UOE should be specified in ProcessBuilder if and only if it is also 
> specified for the Runtime.exec family of methods, since they are 
> wrappers around ProcessBuilder.
>
> Because there are so many methods, it may be better to have a blanket 
> UOE disclaimer added to the class descriptions instead - adding UOE to 
> every process-related method exceeds the normal bar for pedantry in 
> the JDK documentation.
>
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Roger Riggs <Roger.Riggs at oracle.com 
> <mailto:Roger.Riggs at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     Please review this clarification to the optional behavior of
>     java.lang.Runtime and java.lang.ProcessBuilder
>     on platforms that don't support process creation.
>
>     Webrev:
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-process-8055330/
>     <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Erriggs/webrev-process-8055330/>
>
>     Issue:
>      8055330 https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8055330
>
>     ps: approved by CCC
>
>
>