<Swing Dev> [9] Review request for 8139394: more detailed message for "Could not initialize shell library"

[Semyon Sadetsky]

On 02.11.2016 19:23, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:

> On 02.11.16 9:43, Semyon Sadetsky wrote:
>>>> The path is not printed because there always several paths to look for
>>>> the system module.
>>>> But I did not get how filesystem read permission is related to the
>>>> console output.
>>>
>>> This is not a console output this is an exception which can be handled.
>> Really?
>> How?
>
> This is a question how to catch an exception which we throw in the 
> Java_sun_awt_shell_Win32ShellFolder2_initIDs, or what?
You are right it is possible. I already wrote the path is not shown. 
What is your concern?
>
>>> Filesystem access can be blocked by Securitymanager, access to the
>>> system properties can be blocked as well. So we should not expose
>>> these data via any other ways, like via the messages from the native
>>> errors.
>>>
>>> Some useful link:
>>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/seccodeguide-139067.html#2
>>>
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