RFR: 8352277: java.security documentation: incorrect regex syntax describing "usage" algorithm constraint

Hai-May Chao hchao at openjdk.org
Tue Mar 25 18:54:16 UTC 2025


On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:29:22 GMT, Artur Barashev <abarashev at openjdk.org> wrote:

> We have an incorrect regex syntax when describing a "usage" algorithm constraint. Current syntax indicates that usage types are optional while they are not: at least one usage type should be specified.

src/java.base/share/conf/security/java.security line 541:

> 539: #
> 540: #   UsageType:
> 541: #       ([TLSServer] | [TLSClient] | [SignedJAR])

It looks like we list the alternatives without brackets, for example Constraint at line #518 as:

 518 #   Constraint:
 519 #       KeySizeConstraint | CAConstraint | DenyAfterConstraint |
 520 #       UsageConstraint

 Would you consider to remove the brackets here?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24231#discussion_r2012751426


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