RFR: 8273101: Eliminate the usage of threadgroup sandboxing in the java.util.logging

Phil Race prr at openjdk.java.net
Fri Sep 3 16:18:24 UTC 2021


On Wed, 1 Sep 2021 06:31:16 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <serb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The "java.util.logging.LogManager" class uses the "threadgroup sandboxing" via an AppContext to support "applet logging isolation". The AppContext class became useless since the plugin and webstart are no longer supported and removed in jdk11.
> 
> This is the request to delete the usage of AppContext in the LogManager and related tests.
> 
> Tested by tier1/tier2/tier3 and jdk_desktop tests.

This fix requires coordinated closed changes so needs an Oracle sponsor.
And actually is probably better handled entirely by an Oracle engineer because pushes need to be very co-ordinated.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5326



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