RFR: 8352693: Use a simpler console reader instead of JLine for System.console() [v3]

Jan Lahoda jlahoda at openjdk.org
Thu Apr 3 18:12:54 UTC 2025


> The `java.io.Console` has several backends: a simple on in `java.base`, a more convenient one in `jdk.internal.le` (with line-reading based on JLine) and one for JShell.
> 
> The backend based on JLine is proving to be a somewhat problematic - JLine is very powerful, possibly too powerful and complex for the simple task of editing a line with no completion, no history, no variables, no commands, etc. As a consequence, there are inevitable sharp edges in this backend.
> 
> The idea in this PR is to replace the use of JLine in the `jdk.internal.le` backend with a simple escape code interpreter, that only handles a handful of keys/codes (left/right arrow, home, end, delete, backspace, enter), and ignores the rest. The goal is to have something simple with less surprising behavior.

Jan Lahoda has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains six commits:

 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8352693
 - Using control characters to get backspace control character.
 - If there's no native library available, fall back to the standard provider.
 - Reflecting review feedback.
 - Removing trailing whitespace
 - 8352693: Use a simpler console reader instead of JLine for System.console()

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Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24242/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24242&range=02
  Stats: 2519 lines in 19 files changed: 1920 ins; 592 del; 7 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24242.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/24242/head:pull/24242

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24242


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