JDK 9 RFR of 8160831: GioFileTypeDetector always calls deprecated g_type_init

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Jul 11, 2016, at 2:24 PM, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:

> On 11/07/2016 21:30, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
> 
>> Please review at your convenience.
>> 
>> Issue:	https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160831
>> Patch:	http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/8160831/webrev.00/
>> 
>> Verify that g_type_init is non-null before dereferencing it.
>> 
> Is there an alternative init function to use when g_type_init is not present?

No. The GLib documentation states that from 2.36 onward the type initialization is automatic.

> I can't quite tell this from the bug. In any case I wonder if it's time to just remove this file type detector.

Perhaps, but it might nevertheless not be a bad idea to correct this first.

Thanks,

Brian
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