[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 7102969: currency.properties supercede not working correctly

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 18:32:17 GMT, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is a backport of JDK-7102969 and JDK-8157138 both of which were done as a single patch in JDK 9 (and also included JDK-8149452 which isn't part of this backport because it changes CLDR related things which I think are too risky to backport and only applying those hunks fails the newly added test for it). The reason why I propose to backport this is:
> 
> 1. Oracle backported it to 8u461
> 2. It's a more thorough fix of [JDK-8353433](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8353433) which got added to avoid a test failure for an ISO 4217 Amendment 176 update. See [JDK-8353579](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8353579) and [this comment](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8353433?focusedId=14771442&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-14771442) for details.
> 
> I've mostly applied hunks manually and omitted the test for JDK-8149452 and the related `jdk/make/src/classes/build/tools/cldrconverter/CLDRConverter.java` changes.
> 
> Since this also fixes JDK-8353433, the change to the `CurrencyData.properties` has been revered (see separate commit). Backports of JDK-7102969 and JDK-8157138 fix the `java/util/Currency/ValidateISO4217.java` test as well.
> 
> Testing:
> - [x] `jdk/test/java/util/Currency/` tests
> 
> Thoughts? Please review! Thanks in advance.

Passed: java/util/Currency/Bug4512215.java
Passed: java/util/Currency/Bug6807534.java
Passed: java/util/Currency/CurrencyTest.java
Passed: java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh
Passed: java/util/Currency/ValidateISO4217.java
Test results: passed: 5

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/660#issuecomment-2941014440