RFR: JDK-8134373: explore potential uses of convenience factories within the JDK

[Andrej Golovnin]

Hi Stuart,

> It appears that the changes to remove the links to
> Collections.unmodifiableList() was dropped from webrev.01 to webrev.02. I've
> restored them, along with a couple other changes that were also dropped. I
> also updated the ModuleFinder.java comment per a request from Alan Bateman.
> The revised webrev is here:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~smarks/reviews/8134373/webrev.03/

looks good. Thanks!

Best regards,
Andrej Golovnin

>
> In any case, yes, the specifications of the ResourceBundle.Control fields
> should be changed to remove the links to Collections.unmodifiableList().
> It's unclear whether having a link this way implies that it's part of the
> specification that these fields must be instances returned from that method.
> Removing the link makes it clear that saying the List is unmodifiable is
> merely a description of the required behavior.
>
> I spoke with Joe Darcy (our compatibility guru) and we agreed that out of an
> abundance of caution it would be wise to file a request to make this change.
> (This is the "CCC" - basically an internal change control process for Java
> SE specifications.) Doing this is mainly for tracking purposes, as we
> believe this to be a compatible change.
>
> I've also included in this request a mention of the change to
> CookieManager.get() which we had discussed previously. Even though we
> believe this is also a compatible change, it's also a change that should be
> tracked.
>
> I'll follow up when this bit of process is finished.
>
> s'marks