7081804: Remove cause field from javax.xml.crypto.NoSuchMechnismException

Sebastian Sickelmann sebastian.sickelmann at gmx.de
Thu Sep 8 05:39:01 UTC 2011


Am 07.09.2011 19:51, schrieb Sean Mullan:
> On 9/3/11 1:04 PM, Sebastian Sickelmann wrote:
>> Am 02.09.2011 21:58, schrieb Sean Mullan:
>>> On 9/2/11 1:43 AM, Sebastian Sickelmann wrote:
>>>>>> Here is the updated webrev:
>>>>>> http://oss-patches.24.eu/openjdk8/NoSuchMechanismException/7011804_0/
>>>>> Hmm, the main problem I have with this change is that the printStackTrace
>>>>> methods will no longer print the stack trace of the cause because it will always
>>>>> be null. That doesn't seem right to me, as it could be considered an
>>>>> incompatible change, and it will make it harder to debug issues.
>>>> The printStackTrace in Throwable calls the overridden getCause().
>>>> Maybe we should add @Override to it.
>>>> Updated the webrev to:
>>>> http://oss-patches.24.eu/openjdk8/NoSuchMechanismException/7011804_1/
>>> In that case, my main concern is addressed then. I would probably want someone
>>> from our TCK team to also review it with respect to JSR 105 compatibility, so
>>> I'll see if I can find someone.
>> Fine, that would be good.
>>> But first, can you expand your webrev to include the other Exception classes in
>>> javax.xml.crypto.**?
>> The new webrev is here:
>> http://oss-patches.24.eu/openjdk8/NoSuchMechanismException/7011804_2/
> In some classes the initCause comment is misspelled as initCaus. What about a
> test case, for example testing to make sure initCause throws an exception? Can
> you write one?
Yes will fix this and create some tests.
> Also, I have asked someone from the TCK team to look at this and he said he will
> do that by Friday. It might require a CCC change because the behavior of
> initCause is different. I am hoping it doesn't require a JSR 105 maintenance
> revision though.
I hope so too. A JSR 105 maintenance revision is way to big for this 
tiny "improvement"/change.
> --Sean
-- Sebastian



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