RFR(s): 8204243: remove Thread.destroy() and Thread.stop(Throwable)

[Stuart Marks]

Yeah, maybe it's better simply to remove the mentions of the methods that are 
being removed. I'll do so.

I note that there are many other updates that could be done (the examples use 
applets!) but I think that's a task for another time.

s'marks


On 6/6/18 9:28 AM, Iris Clark wrote:
> Hi, Stuart.
> 
> I think you need to make changes to this file too:
> 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/file/tip/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/doc-files/threadPrimitiveDeprecation.html
> 
> Thanks,
> iris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Bateman
> Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 3:40 AM
> To: Stuart Marks <stuart.marks at oracle.com>; serviceability-dev <serviceability-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Cc: core-libs-dev <core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Subject: Re: RFR(s): 8204243: remove Thread.destroy() and Thread.stop(Throwable)
> 
> On 06/06/2018 01:05, Stuart Marks wrote:
>> [adding serviceability-dev]
>>
>> Hi serviceability folks,
>>
>> I'm in the process of removing Thread.destroy() and
>> Thread.stop(Throwable) from the Java SE API. Alan and David have
>> pointed out that there are some cross-references to
>> Thread.stop(Throwable) in the JDWP and JVMTI specs, as well as in the
>> JDI ThreadReference API. I've adjusted the relevant files.
>>
>> See please review this updated webrev:
>>
>>      http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~smarks/reviews/8204243/webrev.1/
> Have you considered removing the "What about Thread.stop(Throwable)"
> section completely from the threadPrimitiveDeprecation doc? A new developer reading the javadoc in 2019 shouldn't need to read about a removed method.
> 
> Otherwise I think this looks good, including the updates to the JDWP and JVM TI specs.
> 
> -Alan
>