RFR: 8341916: Remove ProtectionDomain related hotspot code and tests

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:28:14 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Remove Hotspot code that passes protection_domain around class loading so that checkPackageAccess can be called and the result stored.  With the removal of the Security Manager in JEP 486, this code no longer does anything.
>> 
>> Tested with tier1-4.
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> @coleenp Do you plan a follow-up to purge the remaining refs to AccessController and AccessControlContext?

@AlanBateman  there was that AccessControlContext in the stack that I asked about in the main review that I can't find the answer to.  Is it obsolete now?  See the change for where I asked this question.  Thank you!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22064#issuecomment-2476311805