RFR: 8235139: Deprecate the socket impl factory mechanism [v6]

[Daniel Fuchs]

On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 12:16:59 GMT, Patrick Concannon <pconcannon at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi,
>> 
>> Could someone please review my proposed changeset for JDK-8235139: '`Remove the socket impl factory mechanism`' ?
>> 
>> These changes propose to deprecate (for the eventual removal) the API points for statically configuring a system-wide factory for the `Socket`, `ServerSocket`, and `DatagramSocket` types in the `java.net package`. Specifically, the following:
>> 
>> **Methods**:
>> - `static void Socket.setSocketImplFactory​(SocketImplFactory fac)`
>> - `static void ServerSocket.setSocketFactory​(SocketImplFactory fac)`
>> - `static void DatagramSocket.setDatagramSocketImplFactory​(DatagramSocketImplFactory fac)`
>> 
>> **Types**:
>> - `java.net SocketImplFactory`
>> - `java.net DatagramSocketImplFactory`
>> 
>> The CSR for[ JDK-8220494](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8220494) contains some verbiage about the potential
>> issues that setting factories can have, and alludes to their possible
>> future removal. 
>> 
>> The CSR for this issue can be viewed here: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8261228
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Patrick
>
> Patrick Concannon has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   8235139: Fixed Typo

Marked as reviewed by dfuchs (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2375