RFR: 8188066: (ref) Examine the reachability of JNI WeakGlobalRef and interaction with phantom refs

[Kim Barrett]

> On Mar 13, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Mandy Chung <mandy.chung at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/13/19 1:29 PM, Kim Barrett wrote:
>>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Kim Barrett <kim.barrett at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Please review this change to the JNI specification.  The specified
>>> behavior of Weak Global References, and in particular their
>>> relationship to Java PhantomReference, is being updated to account
>>> for a change to PhantomReference by JDK-8071507.
>>> 
>>> CR:
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8188066
>>> 
>>> CSR:
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8220617
> 
> Reviewed.  Please either attach the spec diff or inline the spec
> in the CSR for archiving purpose.
> 
> This spec update aligning the weak global refs with phantom reference
> is great and thanks for rewriting spec. Reads well.
> 
> Mandy

Thanks.

I’ll attach the final specdiff to the CSR once the review is complete.