RFR 15: 8243010: Test support: Customizable Hex Printer

[Roger Riggs]

Ping...

I appreciate the comments about extending the functionality and uses and 
will take them up as a separate enhancement.

A review would be appreciated.

Thanks, Roger


On 4/16/20 3:17 PM, Roger Riggs wrote:
> Please review[2] and comment on a new Hex printing utility to support 
> OpenJDK tests.
> The usefulness of a hex printing has been discussed from time to time 
> with
> many suggestions as to the API shape and features.
>
> To get an idea of the API and features, take a look at the javadoc[1].
> It covers the basic formatting of offset, and values, and extends the
> descriptive part beyond simple ASCII or printable so that a custom 
> formatter
> can interpret the byte stream in parallel to the bytes.
>
> The webrev includes changes to existing tests that currently
> use HexDumpEncoder to use HexPrinter.
>
> Comments appreciated, Roger
>
> [1]Javadoc:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-hexprinter-8243010/javadoc
>
> [2] Webrev:
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-hexprinter-8243010/
>
> [3] Issue:
>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8243010