[11u] jtreg.SkippedException?

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Also,

Note to self: I should make sure this is covered in the jtreg documentation.

-- Jon


On 07/31/2019 10:22 AM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> Hi Misha, Severin, all,
>
> When we added SkippedException we specifically designed it to avoid 
> any dependencies on jtreg.
>
> As far as jtreg is concerned, any class named "jtreg.SkippedException" 
> will do. There is not even a requirement
> that all tests should use the same definition of jtreg.SkippedException.
>
> It should be sufficient to do the following:
>
> 1. Add a definition of jtreg.SkippedException in some test library, 
> and use it in tests.
> 2. Update the requiredVersion for jtreg in TEST.ROOT to be a version 
> that handles SkippedException.
>
> Even 2 is somewhat optional, but if you don't do it, the test will 
> just fail because of the SkippedException.
>
> -- Jon
>
>
> On 07/31/2019 09:43 AM, mikhailo.seledtsov at oracle.com wrote:
>> Hi Severin,
>>
>>   There might be a dependency on a specific version of Jtreg to 
>> support the jtreg.SkippedException.
>>
>> Looping in Igor and Jon.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Misha
>>
>> On 7/31/19 9:28 AM, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> During a couple of test related backports to OpenJDK 11u a recurring
>>> issue seems to be a need to change a jdk/jdk patch due to
>>> jtreg.SkippedException not being present in jdk-updates/jdk11u{,-dev}.
>>>
>>> I'd propose to get it added to the JDK 11u test trees so as to make
>>> test backports easier going forward. While this might add a patch which
>>> is JDK 11u only, it removes the need for reviews for more test
>>> backports going forward.
>>>
>>> Note that JDK-8208655 introduced jtreg.SkippedException for JDK 12,
>>> which seems too big of a patch for a full backport. I could include
>>> SkippedException in one of my pending JDK 11u backports[1][2] or get it
>>> added separately. I'm leaning towards a separate JDK 11u-only patch.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Severin
>>>
>>> [1] 
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-updates-dev/2019-July/001456.html
>>> [2] 
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-updates-dev/2019-July/001454.html
>>>
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