RFR 8221267 : Document the jdk.net.URLClassPath.showIgnoredClassPathEntries system property

Brent Christian brent.christian at oracle.com
Wed May 1 18:15:38 UTC 2019


Hi,

The "jdk.net.URLClassPath.showIgnoredClassPathEntries" system property 
was added by 8211941[1].  When enabled, it provides debugging output of 
invalid "Class-Path" attributes in JAR manifests (which are ordinarily 
silently ignored).

The new property will be mentioned in the JDK 13 Release Notes, but it 
could also be helpful to mention in the JavaDoc (as requested during CSR 
review[2]).

Issues w/ Class-Path entries happen during classloading, and the 
ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader() JavaDoc already has an @implNote 
describing other classloading-related system properties.  So that seems 
as good a place as any.

Please review this JavaDoc addition.  CSR[3] has been approved.

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bchristi/8221267/webrev01/

Thanks,
-Brent

1. https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211941
2. 
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8217215?focusedCommentId=14251670&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14251670
3. https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8223103



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