jmx-dev RFR 8143047: Re-examine javax/management/ImplementationVersion/ImplVersionTest.java

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

On 4.1.2016 21:26, Eamonn McManus wrote:
> I think this test should either be deleted or reduced to a simple check
> that the MBeanServerDelegate's ImplementationVersion attribute is equal
> to System.getProperty("java.runtime.version"). The whole business of
> starting up a separate process and checking things with security
> managers and so on is completely obsolete.

I would leave this for SQE to decide. Removing the security manager part 
would change the semantics of the test.

I would suggest dealing with this in a separate issue not to block the 
effort of removing references to 'sun.boot.class.path' for jigsaw.

-JB-

>
> Éamonn
>
> 2016-01-04 2:20 GMT-08:00 Jaroslav Bachorik
> <jaroslav.bachorik at oracle.com <mailto:jaroslav.bachorik at oracle.com>>:
>
>     Please, review the following simple change
>
>     Issue : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8143047
>     Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/8143047/webrev.00
>
>     The patch removes the special path taken when jmxrmi.jar is present
>     on the bootclasspath. There are two reasons for this cleanup:
>     1. Bootclasspath will not be available (or meaningful) in Jigsaw
>     2. We haven't been testing with an external jmxrmi.jar for ages -
>     since JMX was included into JDK in JDK 5.
>
>     The modified test is still passing.
>
>     -JB-
>
>