RFR: 8329581: Java launcher no longer prints a stack trace [v10]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Thu, 9 May 2024 19:52:12 GMT, Sonia Zaldana Calles <szaldana at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi folks, 
>> 
>> This PR aims to fix [JDK-8329581](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8329581). 
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>> I think the regression got introduced in [JDK-8315458](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8315458). 
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>> In the issue linked above, [LauncherHelper#getMainType](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/16461/files#diff-108a3a3e3c2d108c8c7f19ea498f641413b7c9239ecd2975a6c27d904c2ba226) got removed to simplify launcher code.
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>> Previously, we used ```getMainType``` to do the appropriate main method invocation in ```JavaMain```. However, we currently attempt to do all types of main method invocations at the same time [here](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/java.base/share/native/libjli/java.c#L623). 
>> 
>> Note how all of these invocations clear the exception reported with [CHECK_EXCEPTION_FAIL](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/140f56718bbbfc31bb0c39255c68568fad285a1f/src/java.base/share/native/libjli/java.c#L390). 
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>> Therefore, if a legitimate exception comes up during one of these invocations, it does not get reported. 
>> 
>> I propose reintroducing ```LauncherHelper#getMainType``` but I'm looking forward to your suggestions. 
>> 
>> Cheers, 
>> Sonia
>
> Sonia Zaldana Calles has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Decreasing diff size addressing unnecessary changes

Hello Sonia, I happened to be working on something else and ended up hitting an issue where the java launch was no longer throwing the exception from the main application and realized that this PR hasn't been integrated.

I see Alan has suggested a change but I'm unsure if you plan to implement that in this PR or if that's something that's suggested for a subsequent cleanup. I think it would be good to have the review suggestions resolved soon and have this integrated.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18786#issuecomment-2141428133