RFR: 8374808: Add new methods to KeyStore and KeyStoreSpi that return the creation date as an Instant instead of Date [v2]

[Mikhail Yankelevich]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:52:19 GMT, Sean Mullan <mullan at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Mikhail Yankelevich has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   DKS tests enhanced
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java line 1187:
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>> 1185:      * Returns the creation date of the entry identified by the given alias.
>> 1186:      * <p>
>> 1187:      * This method returns a Date, which is mutable and more error-prone.
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> I think this could be misinterpreted to mean that the KeyStore's internal Date is mutable, when implementations typically should be returning new objects or clones. Suggest something simpler like "It is recommended to use the {@link #getCreationInstant(String)} method instead."

Changed in the next commit

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29140#discussion_r2693890166