RFR 7191662: JCE providers should be located via ServiceLoader

[Sean Mullan]

On 06/16/2015 10:40 PM, Valerie Peng wrote:
> It's to make the runtime configuration of 3rd party PKCS11 provider
> easier on non-Solaris systems.
>
> With this entry, callers can simply do Security.getProvider("SunPKCS11")
> and then call Provider.configure with their own configuration file.
> Otherwise, they will have to use reflection, e.g.
> Class.forName("sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11") and then call its
> newInstance() method and then call Provider.configure method. Or,
> iteration through the ServiceLoader until the SunPKCS11 provider is
> found. Both doesn't seem very user-friendly in my view.

Agreed, I also think this will provide a better out-of-the-box 
experience as it avoids having to modify/override the java.security file 
to add a PKCS11 provider on non-Solaris platforms.

--Sean