+1
> On May 7, 2018, at 10:23 AM, Claes Redestad <claes.redes...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > the --class-for-name jlink plugin was added as an experiment to test and > evolve the jlink plugin infrastructure. The actual effect of enabling this > plugin on standard images is very limited (only a handful of Class.forName:s > are replaced) and turns out it can be a breaking change since replacing a > Class.forName isn't semantically identical with an ldc of the class (the > latter won't trigger class initialization). > > Thus, since this plugin isn't very profitable and potentially dangerous, I > suggest removing it: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~redestad/8202583/open.00/ > > An open question is whether a CSR is required to remove this. > > Thanks! > > /Claes > >
