<i18n dev> RFR: 8260406: Do not copy pure java source code to gensrc

[Alan Bateman]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:35:03 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

> For java.base gensrc we do the following:
> 
> # Copy two Java files that need no preprocessing.
> $(SUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR)/gensrc/java.base/java/lang/%.java: $(CHARACTERDATA_TEMPLATES)/%.java.template
> $(call LogInfo, Generating $(@F))
> $(call install-file)
> 
> GENSRC_CHARACTERDATA += $(SUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR)/gensrc/java.base/java/lang/CharacterDataUndefined.java \
>     $(SUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR)/gensrc/java.base/java/lang/CharacterDataPrivateUse.java
> 
> What this means is that we have two "template" files that are just compiled as java files, but only after being copied to gensrc. :-)
> 
> We should just rename these files to java and move them to the normal source directory.

Good. I notice the comment in both source files says "Java.lang.Character" rather than "java.lang.Character", probably should fix that at some point.

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Marked as reviewed by alanb (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2233