keytool is not in jdk-base-image

Sean Mullan sean.mullan at oracle.com
Tue Sep 6 10:13:02 PDT 2011


On 9/4/11 8:46 PM, Weijun Wang wrote:
> I see three kinds of solutions in your reply:
> 
> 1. Move something to a module
> 2. Make a function optional
> 3. Re-write PathList inside keytool
> 
> I understand #3 is something I need to do and #1 is configured somewhere 
> in class classification. What about #2? To make a function optional, 
> what will the user experience be?
> 
> Does it mean when a module is not installed, the function just fails 
> with a ClassNotFoundException? Or I can write something like 
> Class.forName() inside to show user a warning message?

Yes, I think so.

Please hold off on making any changes for now. I'm doing a bit of
experimentation on my own. I want to try moving things around and it will also
give me some more experience with how the modules are built.

--Sean



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