[preview] Adding java.lang.Runtime.getVMArguments() method

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

On 8.12.2015 04:52, Mandy Chung wrote:
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>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 7:42 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> On 8/12/2015 1:54 AM, Roger Riggs wrote:
>>> Hi Jaroslav,
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>>> Is this just to accommodate the test library?  I found no other
>>> references in java.base.
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>>> If so, then perhaps it can be placed in another package that the tests
>>> routinely need access to.
>>> Does this fit the scope of the WhiteBox?
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>> The original mail states: "it was pointed out that this functionality should be available in java.base without going through JMX. " But I question that statement - why should it be available without going through JMX? This kind of system introspection is a management/monitoring function and so rightly belongs in JMX in my opinion.
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> +1
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> The concerning dependency I’m aware is an internal feature that I think it should look into an alternative to eliminate such dependency.

I can introduce a new native method in the affected class that would 
call the refactored JVM method to get the VM input arguments. Not very 
nice but it would work.

-JB-

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> Mandy
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