RFR: 8332181: Deprecate for removal the java.net.MulticastSocket.setTTL/getTTL and the 2-arg send methods
robert engels
duke at openjdk.org
Fri May 17 01:21:10 UTC 2024
On Wed, 15 May 2024 04:20:09 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to deprecate for removal 3 methods on `java.net.MulticastSocket`? This addresses https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8332181.
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> As noted in that issue these methods have been deprecated since Java 1.2 and 1.4 days. They currently have replacement methods (noted in their javadoc) which have been in use for several releases. This commit updates these deprecated methods to deprecated for removal, to allow for their removal in a future release.
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> No new tests have been added and existing tests in tier1, tier2 and tier3 continue to pass.
That makes sense - thanks. I agree it is very, very old - just wanted more to understand the rationale as even though Java has deprecated a lot - I am not aware of any core removals - but only anecdotally.
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19242#issuecomment-2116457237
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