[7u] Request for approval for CR 8000955 - Hashtable.Entry.hashCode() no longer conforms to Map.Entry.hashCode()

[Seán Coffey]

Approved for jdk7u-dev.

regards,
Sean.

On 19/10/2012 07:52, Neil Richards wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to request approval to push 8000955 into jdk7u:
>
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/5eed4a92ca8c
>
> It corrects a regression in conformance to the Java API that was
> introduced by the change for "Alternative String hashing", 7126277.
> Here is its original (jdk8) discussion thread:
>
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-October/011842.html
>
>
> The fix for jdk7u is similar to that in the jdk8 version.
> However, I have added an '@run' tag to the jtreg testcase, to enable the
> alternative string hashing to be used by the test:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ngmr/8000955/webrev.04
>
> Mike Duigou suggested that I should bring this forward for pushing to
> jdk7u ASAP after its introduction into jdk8 (due to the nature of the
> problem it addresses).
>
> Regards,
> Neil
>