RFR (12): 8191053: Provide a mechanism to make system's security manager immutable

Sean Mullan sean.mullan at oracle.com
Tue Sep 18 16:22:19 UTC 2018


On 9/14/18 1:17 PM, Roger Riggs wrote:
> Hi Sean,
> 
> Looks good.
> 
> I would quibble with System.java:335-6
> 
> "Java virtual machine does  not allow a security manager"
> 
> I would say only "a security manager is not allowed to be set dynamically."
> 
> There is no need to identify the Java virtual machine.  The VM itself 
> has nothing to do with it.
> Also remove the same phrase in SecurityManager class javadoc.

In this context "Java virtual machine" refers to the Java run-time, and 
is used similarly in other places in the javadoc. But I will change it 
as you suggested to avoid any confusion.

--Sean



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