RFR(s): 8204243: remove Thread.destroy() and Thread.stop(Throwable)

[Alan Bateman]

On 06/06/2018 01:05, Stuart Marks wrote:
> [adding serviceability-dev]
>
> Hi serviceability folks,
>
> I'm in the process of removing Thread.destroy() and 
> Thread.stop(Throwable) from the Java SE API. Alan and David have 
> pointed out that there are some cross-references to 
> Thread.stop(Throwable) in the JDWP and JVMTI specs, as well as in the 
> JDI ThreadReference API. I've adjusted the relevant files.
>
> See please review this updated webrev:
>
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~smarks/reviews/8204243/webrev.1/
Have you considered removing the "What about Thread.stop(Throwable)" 
section completely from the threadPrimitiveDeprecation doc? A new 
developer reading the javadoc in 2019 shouldn't need to read about a 
removed method.

Otherwise I think this looks good, including the updates to the JDWP and 
JVM TI specs.

-Alan