On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 07:48:04 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <sh...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Any other reviews? I would like someone else to confirm my investigation >> that we don't use the stack traces out of these exceptions too... > >> Hello @shipilev, do you think this stackless nature of this specific >> `DatatypeException` type should be noted in its javadoc, just to avoid any >> surprises when someone in future ends up using this exception type as the >> "cause" of some other exception? > > I don't think so. It seems to me the intent for these exceptions is to carry > error information without any stack trace info. > @shipilev > > > Any other reviews? I would like someone else to confirm my investigation > > that we don't use the stack traces out of these exceptions too... > > I opened [XERCESJ‑1742](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1742) > to get this change upstreamed into **Xerces**, the resolution of which should > also answer your question about whether the stack traces are really unused. Thanks! But I see there seem to be no upstream interest yet. So I am planning to integrate this to JDK first, and so asking for JDK-specific reviews again. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8036
