On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:47:55 GMT, Weijun Wang <wei...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> The enhancement adds two extra items in the `getSubjectAlternativeNames()`
>> output for an OtherName.
>>
>> It also fix several errors:
>> 1. In `OtherName.java`, `nameValue` should be the value inside `CONTEXT [0]`
>> without the tag and length bytes.
>> 2. The argument in constructor `extClass.getConstructor(Object.class)` is
>> suspicious. Maybe it meant `byte[]`.
>
> Weijun Wang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional
> commit since the last revision:
>
> wording, title
One issue with this change is that there is no guarantee when or if a 3rd party
provider will support these additional elements for OtherNames. In a worst case
scenario, code may get an IOOBException if they assume there will be a 3rd or
fourth element and there isn't. There is no perfect solution for this. I would
suggest rewording the new text with a "may", and adding an @implNote stating
that the SUN provider supports this feature. Something like:
* otherNames are returned as a byte array
* containing the ASN.1 DER encoded form of the name, and
* may also return a third entry in the list containing its {@code
type-id} in string
* format, and a fourth entry containing the ASN.1 DER encoding of
* its {@code value} without the context-specific constructed tag
* with number 0.
*
* @implNote The JDK SUN provider supports the third and fourth otherName
elements.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7167
