Changing the default file system provider is broken :(

[Peter Levart]

Hi Alan,

On 04/22/2017 10:37 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 22/04/2017 20:47, Peter Levart wrote:
>
>> :
>>
>> Or this might work too:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~plevart/jdk9-dev/Path.toFile/webrev.01/
> Only partly as there is also the issue of resolving paths associated 
> with one provider against a path associated with another.

So module system would need to keep using the builtin filesystem for any 
Path manipulation after VM.isBooted. At least within the boot Layer.

There's no public API in module system that would return Path objects to 
user, is it?

>
>>
>> A variant of this might be for FileSystems.getDefault() to start 
>> returning the custom default filesystem as soon as initLevel reaches 
>> 2 (after module system is initialized). This might allow custom 
>> default file system to be effective even before the VM is fully 
>> booted (for custom security manager or system class loader or java 
>> agent to already take advantage of it).
> When running with a custom file system provider then it's important 
> that objects associated with the built-in provider don't leak to user 
> code. So yes, getDefault() should return the custom file system after 
> the module system is initialized so that custom system class loaders, 
> custom security manager, and agents get objects associated with the 
> custom provider.
>
> -Alan

Right. No user code should see builtin Path(s) when custom default file 
system is configured.

Regards, Peter