Review Request JDK-8136930 Examine implications for custom launchers, equivalent of java -X options in particular

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2016/6/13 5:13:20 -0700, coleen.phillimore at oracle.com:
> Hi Mark,  Thank you for replying.  Yes, I understand below.
> 
> I have to explain that my exposure to this started with the code 
> review.  That is, working backwards from this design.   So it led me to 
> question the design and I hope that this is something temporary until a 
> a better solution can be found.  I agree that it's a non-trivial problem 
> and urgent for jdk9 adoption.
> 
> Yes, the JVM and JDK are part of a greater whole but the whole is a lot 
> of software that should have proper encapsulation or the whole thing 
> becomes very difficult to enhance and maintain.   Because these options 
> were added to the JVM they needed to be added to a 93 clause 'if' 
> statement in argument processing for special cases.
> 
> I'm discussing this with the developers and hopefully we'll arrive at 
> some good solution.

Glad to hear it.  Thanks for your understanding.

- Mark