RFR 8187222 : ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader not clear if recursive initialization leads to ISE or unspecified error

[Brent Christian]

On 12/1/17 11:40 AM, Brent Christian wrote:
> On 12/1/17 8:33 AM, mandy chung wrote:
>>> Better still might be for initSystemClassLoader to re-throw the cause 
>>> so that it appears immediately after the "Error occurred during 
>>> initialization of VM" message that the VM will fail with.
>>
>> Yes that would be better.
> 
> So would I do this for RuntimeException and Error, and then package 
> checked types of causes in an Error, as Mandy suggested?  (We don't want 
> to throw a checked exception from initSystemClassLoader(), I don't think.)

Anyway, this is what that looks like (I did RuntimeException, but didn't 
bother with Error).  I also made the test changes that Mandy suggested.

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bchristi/8187222/webrev.01/index.html

Thanks,
-Brent