<Sound Dev> Review request: JDK-8005250 Downgrade normative references to ${java.home}/lib folder from Java client code.

[Alex Menkov]

Looks fine.

regards
Alex

On 25.12.2012 18:47, Alexey Utkin wrote:
> The bug description:
>      http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8005250
>
> The suggested fix:
>      http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~uta/openjdk-webrevs/JDK-8005250/webrev.01/
>
> The specification change:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~uta/openjdk-webrevs/JDK-8005250/specdiff.01/overview-summary.html
>
>
> Problem:
>      As part of the effort to prepare the platform for modules (see
> http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/162) we need to re-examine all normative
> references to files/resources in the ${java.home} directory as these may
> be candidates to be replaced or candidates to move to module-private
> locations in the future.
>      The focus of this fix is various client APIs that specify that the
> default values of client properties are loaded from property files in
> ${java.home}/lib directory. We need the flexibility to be able to
> re-locate the property files when we move to modules and a module image
> in jdk9.
>
> Solution:
>      Change the specification to downgrade normative references to
> ${java.home}/lib directory to non-normative status. All references to
> this directory have been removed from external or private client APIs.
>
> Compatibility risk:     minimal
>      There is no compatibility risk as the implementation of the
> applicable APIs always call the specialized methods to retrieve the
> values of client properties, and that implementation will continue to
> pre-populate any properties that have been set in the properties files
> in ${java.home}/lib directory. Notes have been added to the class
> summaries of the java.awt.datatransfer.SystemFlavorMap,
> javax.swing.UIManager, javax.sound.midi.MidiSystem,
> javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem, javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry APIs to
> state that default values for client properties are read from an
> implementation-specific location, and the location is typically the
> ${java.home}/lib directory.
>
> Regards,
> -uta