RFR JDK-8219989 : Retire the com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider name

Sean Mullan sean.mullan at oracle.com
Thu Mar 12 21:29:19 UTC 2020


The fix looks good, although I think you should also file a CSR since 
this provider name was at one time documented and supported and you 
mentioned that it was still supported in the previous CSR when the 
com.sun.net.ssl package was removed [1].

Thanks,
Sean

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8218932

On 3/12/20 1:39 PM, Xuelei Fan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could I get the following update reviewed?
> 
> Bug#:   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8219989
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~xuelei/8219989/webrev.00/
> Release note task: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8240967
> 
> This is a request to remove the legacy SunJSSE provider name, 
> "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider".  The "SunJSSE" should be used 
> instead (for example, "SSLContext.getInstance("TLS", "SunJSSE")").
> 
> The use of the legacy provider name should be rare now.  But please let 
> me know if you have concerns before March 19, 2019.
> 
> Thanks,
> Xuelei



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