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

[Sebastian Sickelmann]

Am 23.09.2011 20:54, schrieb Sean Mullan:
> On 9/17/11 3:09 PM, Sebastian Sickelmann wrote:
>
>>> i have updated the webrev [0].
>>> But i think that L69 and L72 of the test should be changed to
>>> checkMutable and the implementation of the exceptions accordantly.
> That's an interesting question. The current implementation in your code is
> consistent with java.lang.ClassNotFoundException. I'm curious as to why they
> disallowed initCause to be called even if they were created using the
> constructors without Throwables. Any idea? Was this discussed in the other lists?
I don't know. I can't find anything in the archives (don't know in which 
time i must search; The commit in ClassNotFoundException is prior rev 0)

@core-libs-dev: Does someone remember why this solution was preferred 
for ClassNotFound?

For javax/xml/crypto i would change it to my suggestion (to L69 and L72) 
above to not break behavior for JSR105. On the other side it would be 
nice to have a common behavoir on this for all Exceptions in JDK.

There are 2 solutions that sound reasonable for me:
1. Preventing initCause when cause is given. And allowing initCause once 
(if created with an ctor without cause).
2. Preventing initCause in every exception class that has the 4 standard 
ctors. Only for those Exceptions without the "ctors with cause" the 
initCause can be called.

I like both.
No.1 is nearer to the behavoir we actually have and is more flexible 
than No.2.
No.2 is more "secure". You cannot "inject" an cause in ex. after you 
catches the exception. But you must have the cause to initialize it 
before you create the exception, this is slightly more inflexible, even 
if i think this flexibility is not needed anywhere.


>>> [0] http://oss-patches.24.eu/openjdk8/NoSuchMechanismException/7011804_3
>>>
>>> -- Sebastian
>> Any comments / progress on this?
> Just a couple of minor comments on the test:
>
> - the copyright date should only include 2011
> - some minor typos (line number in []):
>
> [26] s/in/is
> [43] s/validating/validate
> [98] s/checkImutable/checkImmutable
>
Updated webrev:

http://oss-patches.24.eu/openjdk8/NoSuchMechanismException/7011804_4


> --Sean
-- Sebastian