RFR: 8341916: Remove ProtectionDomain related hotspot code and tests

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 07:01:54 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > To be fair I'm unclear what role PD still plays on the JDK side and would not be surprised if it is destined for removal at some point.
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> PD is not deprecated as PD::getCodeSource is widely used. It may be that an alternative means is introduced in the future to expose the code location but nothing specific at this time.

Okay but I still remain unclear about the role of PD in the VM, in particular how CDS is using it.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22064#issuecomment-2475647661