RFR: 8342035: jlink plugins for setting java.vendor, java.vm.vendor and java.vendor.url

[Henry Jen]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 21:38:28 GMT, Henry Jen <henryjen at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Add jlink plugins to allow branding change for java.vendor, java.vm.vendor and java.vendor.url.
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> The jlink plugin will change the value in java.lang.VersionProps, which will set those property values. The `java.vm.vendor` was initialized by VM with value set at build time, and then later be replaced with value from VersionProps.
> 
> To keep current behavior, we treat 'N/A' value as no-op to mimic current build behavior. Perhaps we don't really need this, as proper value should be set with `branding.conf` in official build.

If we don't need java.vm.vendor to be set before loading VersionProps, it would be nice to leave that out and simply let VersionProps set the properties.

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21964#pullrequestreview-2474129016