RFR: 8326666: Remove the Java Management Extension (JMX) Subject Delegation feature [v5]

Fri Mar 8 10:22:55 UTC 2024

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 19:58:35 GMT, Sean Mullan <mullan at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Is there any value in keeping `SubjectDelegationPermission` after this change? If so, I would mark that API deprecated for removal, so that it can be removed in the next release or two.

No, nothing uses SubjectDelegationPermission.  That can be deprecated.

> Are there remaining tests that test the JMX fine grained permissions feature w/o depending on subject delegation?

Yes there are some tests other than those changed here, which use MBeanPermission in policies and become irrelevant post-SM.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18025#issuecomment-1985429423