RFR 8068976: Remove JSDT implementation

[Keith McGuigan]

What evidence do you have that no OpenJDK users are using this?

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Jaroslav Bachorik <
jaroslav.bachorik at oracle.com> wrote:

> Please, review the following removal of functionality.
>
> Issue : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8068976
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/8068976/webrev.00
>
> JDK-8062303 [1] requests the removal of com.sun.tracing API. This API was
> added as experimental in JDK7 [2][3] and haven't seen any significant
> uptake since then.
>
> JSDT builds on top of the com.sun.tracing API and provides the bridge to
> DTrace. It allows Java programs to fire custom DTrace probes. As an
> implementation of com.sun.tracing API it needs to be removed before
> proceeding with the removal of that API.
>
> This change is basically an anti-delta to [4] - minus the changes not
> related to JSDT and/or DTrace.
>
> This change passes all the regression and JCK tests.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -JB-
>
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8062303
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6537506
> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7037081
> [4] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-rt/hotspot/rev/018d5b58dd4f
>



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