RFR: JDK-8282696: Add constructors take a cause to InvalidObjectException and InvalidClassException [v3]

[Lance Andersen]

On Sat, 5 Mar 2022 03:29:44 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Occasionally in core-libs we've discussed whether or not to do a pass over the exception classes and proactively add any of four missing convention constructors per java.lang.Throwable (no-arg, string, cause, cause and string). Last time this came up, we decided a wide-scale effort wasn't worthwhile.
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>> Prompted by some other recent work, I decided to take a quick look at the dual-approach: grep for calls to initCause in java.base and seeing which exception classes repeated were initCaused. Those exception classes are good candidates for cause-taking constructors.
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>> Two such exception classes area InvalidObjectException and InvalidClassException, along with their superclass ObjectStreamException.
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>> Please also review the CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8282697
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> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Respond to review feedback.

Marked as reviewed by lancea (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7711