Code review for jigsaw/jake -> jdk9/dev sync up

Lois Foltan lois.foltan at oracle.com
Mon Nov 28 14:32:57 UTC 2016


Hi Alan,

I have reviewed the hotspot changes and they look good.  Minor nit, 
src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp only differs by the addition of a 
blank line.

Thanks,
Lois

On 11/24/2016 10:25 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> Folks on jigsaw-dev will know that we are on a mission to bring the 
> changes accumulated in the jake forest to jdk9/dev. We can think of 
> this as a refresh of the module system in JDK 9, the last big refresh 
> was in May with many small updates since then.
>
> The focus this time is to bring the changes that are tied to JSR 
> issues into jdk9/dev, specifically the issues that are tracked on the 
> JSR issues list [1] as:
>
> #CompileTimeDependences
> #AddExportsInManifest
> #ClassFileModuleName
> #ClassFileAccPublic
> #ServiceLoaderEnhancements
> #ResourceEncapsulation/#ClassFilesAsResources
> #ReflectiveAccessToNonExportedTypes
> #AwkwardStrongEncapsulation
> #ReadabilityAddedByLayerCreator
> #IndirectQualifiedReflectiveAccess (partial)
> #VersionsInModuleNames
> #NonHierarchicalLayers
> #ModuleAnnotations/#ModuleDeprecation
> #ReflectiveAccessByInstrumentationAgents
>
> Some of these issues are not "Resolved" yet, meaning there is still 
> ongoing discussion on the EG mailing list. That is okay, there is 
> nothing final here. If there are changes to these proposals then the 
> implementation changes will follow. Also, as I said in a mail to 
> jigsaw-dev yesterday [2], is that we will keep the jake forest open 
> for ongoing prototyping and iteration, also ongoing implementation 
> improvements where iteration or bake time is important.
>
> For the code review then the focus is therefore on sanity checking the 
> changes that we would like to bring into jdk9/dev. We will not use 
> this review thread to debate alternative designs or other big 
> implementation changes that are more appropriate to bake in jake.
>
> To get going, I've put the webrevs with a snapshot of the changes in 
> jake here:
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alanb/8169069/0/
>
> The changes are currently sync'ed against jdk-9+146 and will be 
> rebased (and re-tested) against jdk9/dev prior to integration. There 
> are a number of small changes that need to be added to this in the 
> coming days, I will refresh the webrev every few days to take account 
> of these updates.
>
>
> A few important points to mention, even if you aren't reviewing the 
> changes:
>
> 1. This refresh requires a new version of jtreg to run the tests. The 
> changes for this new version are in the code-tools/jtreg repository 
> and the plan is to tag a new build (jtreg4.2-b04) next week. Once the 
> tag has been added then we'll update the requiredVersion property in 
> each TEST.ROOT to force everyone to update.
>
> 2. For developers trying out modules with the main line JDK 9 builds 
> then be aware that `requires public` changes to `requires transitive` 
> and the `provides` clause changes to require all providers for a 
> specific service type to be in the same clause. Also be aware that the 
> binary form of the module declaration (module-info.class) changes so 
> you will need to recompile any modules.
>
> 3. Those running existing code on JDK 9 and ignoring modules will need 
> to be aware of a disruptive change in this refresh. The disruptive 
> change is #AwkwardStrongEncapsulation where setAccessible(true) is 
> changed so that it can't be used to break into non-public 
> fields/methods of JDK classes. This change is going to expose a lot of 
> hacks in existing code. We plan to send mail to jdk9-dev in advance of 
> this integration to create awareness of this change. As per the 
> original introduction of strong encapsulation then command line 
> options (and now the manifest of application JAR files) can be used to 
> keep existing code working. The new option is `--add-opens` to open a 
> package in a module for deep reflection by other modules. As an 
> example, if you find yourself with code that hacks into the private 
> `comparator` field in java.util.TreeMap then running with `--add-opens 
> java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED` will keep that code working.
>
>
> A few miscellaneous notes for those that are reviewing:
>
> 1. We have some temporary/transition code in the top-level repo to 
> deal with the importing of the JavaFX modules. This will be removed 
> once the changes are in JDK 9 for the OpenJFX project to use.
>
> 2. In the jdk repo then it's important to understand that the module 
> system is initialized at startup and there are many places where we 
> need to keep startup performance in mind. This sometimes means less 
> elegant code than might be used if startup wasn't such a big concern.
>
> 3. The changes in the jaxws repo make use of new APIs that means the 
> code doesn't compile with JDK 7 or JDK 8. Our intention is to work 
> with the JAXB and JAX-WS maintainers to address the issues in the 
> upstream project and then bring those changes into jdk9/dev to replace 
> the patches that we are forced to push for the short term.
>
> 4. You will see several tests where the value of the @modules tag has 
> `:open` or `:+open`. This is new jtreg speak. The former means the 
> test is run with --add-opens to open the package, the latter means the 
> test is exported at compile-time and exported + open at run-time (the 
> latter usage will be rare, it's where tests have static references to 
> JDK internal types and are also doing deep reflection with 
> setAccessible).
>
>
> In terms of dates then we are aiming to integrate these changes into 
> jdk9/dev in early December. I will send a follow-up mail next week on 
> this as we work through the logistics.
>
> -Alan
>
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/spec/issues/
> [2] 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-November/010219.html



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