The meaning of the java.vendor property?

[Volker Simonis]

Hi Bernd,

from my understanding you can choose to freely set the following
properties (and we do that for SapMachine, as you can see):

    java.vendor = SAP SE
    java.vendor.url = https://sapmachine.io
    java.vendor.url.bug = https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine/issues/new
    java.vm.vendor = SAP SE

The following "specification.vendor" properties have to show the Java
SE spec lead (which currently is Oracle) so you shouldn't change them:

    java.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation
    java.vm.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation

Regards,
Volker

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:14 PM Mathiske, Bernd <mathiske at amazon.com> wrote:
>
> I was wondering if it’s OK to modify the “java.vendor” system property as reported by System.getProperty() in our OpenJDK builds. Some binary OpenJDK distribution builders seem to be doing so, but others not. Is there a rule for this? The documentation does not seem exactly conclusive:
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> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/sysprop.html
> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties()
>
> What is a “vendor” in this context? Is it always supposed to be “Oracle Corporation” to stay compatible? Or is it supposed to be whoever builds and packages the binaries so we can track the origin of the binary artifacts better?
>
> Bernd
>