On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:45:15 GMT, YassinHajaj
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.naming/share/classes/com/sun/jndi/ldap/LdapPoolManager.java line
>> 400:
>>
>>> 398: private static final String getProperty(final String propName,
>>> final String defVal) {
>>> 399: PrivilegedAction<String> pa = () ->
>>> System.getProperty(propName, defVal);
>>> 400: return AccessController.doPrivileged(pa);
>>
>> Hmmm... This is not strictly equivalent but will work because java.naming is
>> loaded by the boot loader and has the permission to read all system
>> properties. I guess the code on the left-hand side was written at a time
>> where JNDI was still in a stand-alone library?
>
> @dfuch I noticed the same about the swallowed exception that returns the
> default value. This wouldn't cause any regression?
As I noted - the SecurityException should never occur so I don't expect this
could cause a regression.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3416
