[8u] Request for approval for 8209184 - JCK Test Failure due to ResourceBundle

[Adam Farley8]

Hi All,

I'd like to request approval for a change to 8u.

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209184

Latest email and review: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/i18n-dev/2018-August/002619.html

Latest form of the change (where the file is 
jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/ResourceBundle.java):

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@@ -1398,10 +1398,18 @@
             bundle = baseBundle;
         }

+        keepAlive(loader);
         return bundle;
     }

     /**
+     * Keeps the argument ClassLoader alive.
+     */
+    private static void keepAlive(ClassLoader loader){
+        // Do nothing.
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Checks if the given <code>List</code> is not null, not empty,
      * not having null in its elements.
      */
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Best Regards

Adam Farley 
OpenJDK Team 
Runtimes 
IBM 

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