RFR 8159126 Add test to validate DriverManager.println output when DriverManager is initially loaded

[Joe Wang]

I see. Thanks for explaining a "short" / 20-year history in a couple of 
sentences :-)

-Joe

On 9/12/16, 11:24 AM, Lance Andersen wrote:
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>> On Sep 12, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Joe Wang <huizhe.wang at oracle.com 
>> <mailto:huizhe.wang at oracle.com>> wrote:
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>> On 9/12/16, 10:21 AM, Lance Andersen wrote:
>>> Hi Joe,
>>>> On Sep 12, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Joe Wang <huizhe.wang at oracle.com 
>>>> <mailto:huizhe.wang at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Lance,
>>>>
>>>> Since this change adds a test only, I assume the issue was fixed in 
>>>> another bug, it would be good to add a link in JBS.
>>> Yes I had planned to do that
>>
>> Sounds good.
>>>>
>>>> It seems the initialization log has changed, no longer prints the 
>>>> first 2 lines.
>>> Not sure what you mean, the output can/will vary based on the 
>>> drivers that are available at init time.  The only output guaranteed 
>>> is what the test validates and that is not required by the spec, it 
>>> is just available debug trace.
>>
>> The report said (in "EXPECTED") that at initialization in 6u45, 
>> sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver is loaded.
> Never believe what you read Joe :-)
>
>> The spec stated that at initialization, it will load any drivers 
>> through the service mechanism or system property, but it seems it 
>> didn't say whether it'd load the default if all others are not found.
> There is no such thing as a default JDBC driver
>>
>> Is that a change? I ran the test, with 6u45, the returned drivers 
>> contain sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver, and with current build, it 
>> didn't. If it's changed, is it worth it to note in the test and 
>> comment in JBS?
>
> That is the JDBC-ODBC driver which was never supported and we removed 
> it from the JDK as it is not supported.  It was never a requirement of 
> Java SE or JDBC to be there.  It predates type 4 JDBC drivers going 
> back to 1996-1997 during the initial prototyping of JDBC (back to my 
> Sybase days).
>
>
>>
>> Best,
>> Joe
>>>
>>>> It might be worth it to add a note/comment in the JBS along with 
>>>> link to the original change.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Lance
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>> On 9/12/16, 9:29 AM, Lance Andersen wrote:
>>>>> Happy Monday,
>>>>>
>>>>> This RFR is to add a test to validate that the 
>>>>> DriverManager.println output is accessible  when DriverManager is 
>>>>> first loaded.
>>>>>
>>>>> The webrev can be found 
>>>>> at:http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lancea/8159126/webrev.00/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lancea/8159126/webrev.00/> 
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>>>>>
>>>>> Ran JPRT to sanity check across platforms
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Lance
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