RFR: 8198433: Remove WhiteBox extension point

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Mon Feb 26 12:09:52 UTC 2018


On 26/02/2018 9:05 PM, Stefan Johansson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Please review this small change to remove a now unused extension point.

Didn't even realize this one existed! Glad to see it gone.

Probably less chance of this being used than the thread extension.

Thanks,
David

> Links
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198433
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sjohanss/8198433/00/
> 
> Summary
> The WhiteBox testing API extension support made it possible to add 
> specialized native code for some test methods. This is no longer needed 
> since the internal code using it has been removed.
> 
> Testing
> Built locally and through Mach5.
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefan


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