RFR: JDK-8149925 We don't need jdk.internal.ref.Cleaner any more

[Alan Bateman]

On 25/02/2016 07:24, Peter Levart wrote:
> :
>
> I kept the public boolean Cleaner.cleanNextPending() method which now 
> only deals with enqueued Cleanable(s). I think this method might still 
> be beneficial for public use in situations where cleanup actions take 
> relatively long time to execute so that the rate of cleanup falls 
> behind the rate of registration of new cleanup actions.
I think we need also need to look at the option where this is not 
public. I have concerns that it is exposing implementation to some 
extent and that may become an attractive nuisance in the future. This 
shouldn't be an issue for the NIO buffer usage, we can keep the usage 
via the shared secrets mechanism. I think this is what Mandy is 
suggesting too.

-Alan.