<i18n dev> [9] RFR: 8048123: Replace calendars.properties with another mechanism to specify a new Japanese calendar era

[Stephen Colebourne]

It seems that the system property only supports one additional era.
Given that Japanese eras are based on human lifetimes, that seems an
invalid assumption.
Stephen

On 22 July 2014 08:06, Masayoshi Okutsu <masayoshi.okutsu at oracle.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please review the change for JDK-8048123. This change removes all the era
> definitions in ${java.home}/lib/calendars.properties. (The property file
> will eventually be gone later.) The major change is that any new era of the
> Japanese calendar should now be defined using new property
> "jdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era".
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048123
>
> Webrev includes some unrelated cleanups.
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~okutsu/9/8048123/webrev.00/
>
> Thanks,
> Masayoshi