RFR: 8344420: Remove Security Manager dependencies from javax.security package
Roger Riggs
rriggs at openjdk.org
Mon Nov 25 18:22:15 UTC 2024
On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:40:12 GMT, Sean Mullan <mullan at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Now that JEP 486 has been integrated, the `javax.security` package implementation dependencies on `System.getSecurityManager`, `AccessController.doPrivileged` and `AccessControlContext` can be removed.
>
> Most of the changes are straightforward: removal of code calling `System.getSecurityManager()` and unwrapping of code inside `AccessController.doPrivileged`. However, two changes involved slightly more complicated work:
>
> 1. `javax.security.auth.login.Configuration` and `javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext` do not need to capture the caller's access control context anymore.
> 2. The `SecureSet` implementation in `javax.security.auth.Subject` is greatly simplified because it does not do security checks anymore.
src/java.base/share/classes/javax/security/auth/Subject.java line 1061:
> 1059: else {
> 1060: return false;
> 1061: }
This indentation looks odd. It is because the case:/default: statements are not indented.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22368#discussion_r1857137838
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