CFR: javax.xml.parsers: Using ServiceLoader to load JAXP parser factories (7169894: JAXP Plugability Layer: using service loader) (original) (raw)

Daniel Fuchs daniel.fuchs at oracle.com
Wed Dec 5 14:56:00 UTC 2012

On 12/5/12 3:45 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:

On 04/12/2012 15:55, Daniel Fuchs wrote:

So that would be the wording: * Uses the service-provider loading facilities, defined by the * {@link java.util.ServiceLoader} class, to attempt to locate * and load an implementation of the service. If there are * providers other than the implementation specific default * located, then the first provider that is * not the default is instantiated and returned; Otherwise * the default implementation is returned if it is on the * classpath or installed as an extension. This however suggests that in JDK 8 the default implementation needs to be put on the classpath or installed as an extension. But is that right? Wouldn't that be required only when running with a profile in which the default implementation is not present by default? Maybe we need to find yet a better wording. -- daniel It might be better to just leave it as "Otherwise the default implementation is returned".

Or maybe:

"Otherwise, the default implementation, if present, is returned" ?

I think the original intent was to make provision for the case where the implementation module would not be installed....

-- daniel

-Alan

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