Integrated: 8279366: CDS should allow alternative locations for JAR files in classpath

[Calvin Cheung]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 22:59:09 GMT, Calvin Cheung <ccheung at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this RFE for allowing alternative locations for jar files in the app classpath during runtime.
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> During dump time, the longest common prefix of the app classpath will be stored in the CDS archive header. During runtime, existing checks of the app classpath will be performed first. Upon failure, the longest common prefix of the runtime app classpath will be computed and another check of the app classpath will be performed ignoring the longest common prefix.
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> Refer to the [bug report comment](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8279366?focusedCommentId=14509536&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14509536) for an example.
> 
> Passed tiers 1 - 4 testing (including the new tests).

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 427f5062
Author:    Calvin Cheung <ccheung at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/427f50624f9f60bb3502227fd04a04991986329c
Stats:     493 lines in 10 files changed: 470 ins; 1 del; 22 mod

8279366: CDS should allow alternative locations for JAR files in classpath

Reviewed-by: iklam, coleenp

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10615