[9] RFR 8072369: [TESTBUG] Remove potentially insecure class cast in some hotspot tests

[Konstantin Shefov]

Hello

Kindly reminder.

Thanks
-Konstantin

On 10/07/2015 06:28 PM, Konstantin Shefov wrote:
> Hi Christian
>
> The assumption that the Application Class Loader is an instance of 
> URLClassLoader can be false, because, AFAIK, it is not documented 
> anywhere.
> This may become false in the future releases of JDK.
> That is why it is better not to relay on this assumption.
>
> Thanks
> -Konstantin
>
> 06.10.2015 22:35, Christian Thalinger пишет:
>>
>>> On Sep 9, 2015, at 3:16 AM, Konstantin Shefov 
>>> <konstantin.shefov at oracle.com <mailto:konstantin.shefov at oracle.com>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Description of the fix.
>>> Some tests in hotspot repo use class cast from Application class 
>>> loader to URLClassLoader, but Application class loader is not 
>>> guaranteed to be always an instance of a URLClassLoader.
>>
>> Please excuse my lack of knowledge here but in what configuration 
>> does this happen?
>>
>>> The tests should be changed so that they do not cast appclassloader 
>>> to URLClassLoader.
>>>
>>> -Konstantin
>>>
>>> On 09/08/2015 07:01 PM, Konstantin Shefov wrote:
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> Please review a test bug fix.
>>>>
>>>> JBS entry: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8072369
>>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kshefov/8072369/webrev.00
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -Konstantin
>>>
>>
>

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