RFR: 8186535: Remove deprecated pre-1.2 SecurityManager methods and fields

[harold seigel]

Hi Sean,

The hotspot changes look good!

Thanks, Harold


On 11/22/2017 9:37 AM, Sean Mullan wrote:
> Please review this change to remove the pre-JDK 1.2 SecurityManager 
> methods that have been deprecated since JDK 1.2 and marked for removal 
> in JDK 9. These methods are fragile, error-prone and have been 
> obsolete since the SecurityManager was revamped in JDK 1.2. The 
> methods to be removed are: getInCheck, classDepth, classLoaderDepth, 
> currentClassLoader, currentLoadedClass, inClass, and inClassLoader.
>
> In addition, the deprecated and error-prone checkMemberAccess method 
> (which was deprecated in JDK 8 and marked for removal in JDK 9) has 
> been changed to throw SecurityException if the caller has not been 
> granted AllPermission. This makes the method less likely it will be 
> used incorrectly while still allowing some more time before it is 
> removed.
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mullan/webrevs/8186535/webrev.00/
>
> Thanks,
> Sean