JavaxToolsCompiler

[Mandy Chung]

On 09/14/2015 12:44 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
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> On 14/09/2015 20:21, Stuart McCulloch wrote:
>> Yes, the issue is that ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler() is 
>> returning null when using the Jigsaw EA with Maven.
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>> AFAICT this is because it’s now using the service loader mechanism 
>> which is influenced by the Thread’s context ClassLoader
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> That may be a bug as I wouldn't expect the ToolProvider.getSystemXXX 
> methods to locate the these tools via the TCCL.

I was talking with Jon about this.   This is a bug in ToolProvider that 
it should call
    ServiceLoader.load(clazz, ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());

Looking at ToolProvider, the getSystemToolClassLoader method catches my 
attention that I think we should consider deprecating it since this 
assumes there is one class loader loading multiple tools.

Mandy