RFR: 8273581: Change the mechanism by which JDK loads the platform-specific FontManager class [v3]

[Alexey Ivanov]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:15:48 GMT, Brett Okken <github.com+2996845+bokken at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The difference is that Holder will fail that way forever, while the DLC have a chance to resurrect on next call.
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> So I guess the question is whether there is a valid transitory failure use case?

> The difference is that Holder will fail that way forever, while the DLC have a chance to resurrect on next call.

Is it really possible that next call will succeed after the previous one failed with an exception?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5517