Request for review Remove "private" cause in jdk exceptions

[Sebastian Sickelmann]

Am 26.08.2011 00:24, schrieb Sebastian Sickelmann:
> Am 26.08.2011 00:03, schrieb Sebastian Sickelmann:
>> I have found more places in jdk source where an Exception has a 
>> private cause field.
>>
>> share/classes/javax/management/remote/JMXProviderException.java:    
>> private Throwable cause = null;
>> share/classes/javax/xml/crypto/KeySelectorException.java:    private 
>> Throwable cause;
>> share/classes/javax/xml/crypto/NoSuchMechanismException.java:    
>> private Throwable cause;
>> share/classes/javax/xml/crypto/MarshalException.java:    private 
>> Throwable cause;
>> share/classes/javax/xml/crypto/dsig/XMLSignatureException.java:    
>> private Throwable cause;
>> share/classes/javax/xml/crypto/dsig/TransformException.java:    
>> private Throwable cause;
>> share/classes/javax/xml/crypto/URIReferenceException.java:    private 
>> Throwable cause;
>>
>> 7081804 handles NoSuchMechanismException.
>> Is there a way to expand it to at least the xml/crypto/**/* Exceptions?
>> JMXProviderException should be fine too.
>>
>> I would create a CR for the changes to me made to change and test this.
>> Would it be good to have some utility-code in Throwable to don't 
>> introduce to much code-duplication?
>>
>> -- Sebastian
> After a very quick analysis i think i found more candidates for 
> removing private causes.
> share/classes/javax/security/sasl/SaslException.java:    private 
> Throwable _exception;
> share/classes/java/lang/reflect/UndeclaredThrowableException.java:    
> private Throwable undeclaredThrowable;
> share/classes/java/lang/reflect/InvocationTargetException.java:    
> private Throwable target;
> share/classes/java/lang/ClassNotFoundException.java:    private 
> Throwable ex;
> share/classes/com/sun/java/browser/dom/DOMAccessException.java:    
> private Throwable ex;
> share/classes/com/sun/java/browser/dom/DOMUnsupportedException.java:    private 
> Throwable ex;
> share/classes/javax/naming/NamingException.java:    protected 
> Throwable rootException = null;
> share/classes/java/rmi/RemoteException.java:    public Throwable detail;
> share/classes/java/rmi/activation/ActivationException.java:    public 
> Throwable detail;
>
> Some of them need deeper inspection. Some of them are the same as the 
> above noted Exceptions in xml/crypto package.
>
> - Sebastian
OK. Webrev is there: 
http://oss-patches.24.eu/openjdk8/NoSuchMechanismException/REBASED_ON_8018d541a7b2_2/

Can someone review this?

-- Sebastian