RFR 8068976: Remove JSDT implementation

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

On 14.1.2015 15:05, Jaroslav Bachorik wrote:
> Please, review the following removal of functionality.
>
> Issue : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8068976
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/8068976/webrev.00
>
> JDK-8062303 [1] requests the removal of com.sun.tracing API. This API
> was added as experimental in JDK7 [2][3] and haven't seen any
> significant uptake since then.

Just to clarify - demoting this API to private internal (thus 
unsupported) was done in [3]

-JB-

>
> JSDT builds on top of the com.sun.tracing API and provides the bridge to
> DTrace. It allows Java programs to fire custom DTrace probes. As an
> implementation of com.sun.tracing API it needs to be removed before
> proceeding with the removal of that API.
>
> This change is basically an anti-delta to [4] - minus the changes not
> related to JSDT and/or DTrace.
>
> This change passes all the regression and JCK tests.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -JB-
>
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8062303
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6537506
> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7037081
> [4] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-rt/hotspot/rev/018d5b58dd4f