[7u40] Request for approval: 8019381: HashMap.isEmpty is non-final, potential issues for get/remove

[Seán Coffey]

Shi Jun Zhang,

Let me get QA approval for this issue and I'll get back to you shortly. 
Is this a must fix request for 7u40 ?

regards,
Sean.

On 10/07/13 09:34, Shi Jun Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to request for approval to push the following change into 7u40.
>
> Changeset in jdk 8
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/ed111451b77a
>
> webrev for jdk7u
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zhangshj/jdk7u/8019381/webrev.00/
>
> Reviewed by chegar, mduigou
>
> Review thread
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-June/018450.html 
>
>
> There are some differences between webrev for jdk7u and jdk8. The 
> reason is that some change in jdk8 which invokes isEmpty() is only 
> fixed in jdk8 and not back ported to jdk7u. The jtreg test is modified 
> accordingly.
>