RFR: 8244202: Implementation of JEP 418: Internet-Address Resolution SPI [v12]

[Chris Hegarty]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 13:23:36 GMT, Aleksei Efimov <aefimov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This change implements a new service provider interface for host name and address resolution, so that java.net.InetAddress API can make use of resolvers other than the platform's built-in resolver.
>> 
>> The following API classes are added to `java.net.spi` package to facilitate this:
>> - `InetAddressResolverProvider` -  abstract class defining a service, and is, essentially, a factory for `InetAddressResolver` resolvers.
>> - `InetAddressResolverProvider.Configuration ` - an interface describing the platform's built-in configuration for resolution operations that could be used to bootstrap a resolver construction, or to implement partial delegation of lookup operations.
>> - `InetAddressResolver` - an interface that defines methods for the fundamental forward and reverse lookup operations.
>> - `InetAddressResolver.LookupPolicy` - a class whose instances describe the characteristics of one forward lookup operation.  
>> 
>> More details in [JEP-418](https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/418).
>> 
>> Testing: new and existing `tier1:tier3` tests
>
> Aleksei Efimov has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 18 commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8244202_JEP418_impl
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8244202_JEP418_impl
>  - Replace 'system' with 'the system-wide', move comment section
>  - Add @ throws NPE to hosts file resolver javadoc
>  - Changes to address review comments
>  - Update tests to address SM deprecation
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8244202_JEP418_impl
>  - More javadoc updates to API classes
>  - Review updates + move resolver docs to the provider class (CSR update to follow)
>  - Change InetAddressResolver method names
>  - ... and 8 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/a316c06e...0542df51

LGTM.

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Marked as reviewed by chegar (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5822