[8u40] Review request for 8065702+8065675 Deprecate the Endorsed and Extension Mechanisms

[Rob McKenna]

Approved. Please add the appropriate noreg keywords.

     -Rob

On 04/12/14 18:56, Mandy Chung wrote:
> This is to request review and approval to putback these spec changes
> in 8u40.
>   JDK-8065702  Deprecate the Extension Mechanism
>   JDK-8065675 Deprecate the Endorsed-Standards Override Mechanism
>
> The endorsed and extension mechanisms are proposed to be removed
> in JDK 9 [1].  This patch updates the following specifications:
>
> 1. javadoc of System.getProperties to deprecate  "java.ext.dirs"
>
> 2. deprecate three fields injava.util.jar.Attributes.Names
>    EXTENSION_INSTALLATION
>    IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR_ID
>     IMPLEMENTATION_URL
>
> 3. deprecate the ability of a JAR-packaged applet to depend on
>    an installed optional package and trigger downloading of
>    optional packages and its relevant attributes
>
> TheMaintenance Review of JSR 337 (Java SE 8) will indicate the
> above spec changes.  There is no implementation change in this
> patch.
>
> The specification of the Class-Path attribute and Sealed attributes
> are misplaced and they should belong to the JAR file specification.
> This patch moves them from extensions to the JAR file specification.
>
> Webrev at:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk8u/webrevs/8065702/webrev.00/
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk8u/webrevs/8065702/api-diff/overview-summary.html 
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk8u/webrevs/8065702/specdiff/overview-summary.html 
>
>
> Mandy
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/220
> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/spec/
>