RFR: 8281658: Add a security category to the java -XshowSettings option [v3]

[Sean Coffey]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 06:32:06 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/launcher/LauncherHelper.java line 183:
>> 
>>> 181:             case "locale":
>>> 182:                 printLocale();
>>> 183:                 break;
>> 
>> printLocale might need the same treatment to avoid printing the list of all locales by default.
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> Have you tried putting the new code into say sun.launcher.SecuritySettings to avoid adding so much security conf code into LauncherHelper? Maybe eventually this will need to a more pluggable as -XshowSettings has grown a bit beyond what it was originally for.

Logged https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8310201 to track the Locale changes Alan.

Good suggestion on factoring out the security code to a helper class. Done.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14394#discussion_r1232109645