On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:52:11 GMT, Larry Cable <[email protected]> wrote:
>> modified the pre-existing VM.classes jcmd to add a 'location' option, that
>> when specified, will (natively) attempt to obtain the value (if non-null) of
>> the location URL of the CodeSource of each classes ProtectionDomain.
>>
>> effectively:
>>
>> someObject.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toExternalForm()
>>
>> (where interim oops are null-checked)
>
> Larry Cable has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional
> commit since the last revision:
>
> JDK-8327246: updated jcmd.md to document -location flag
Changes requested by dholmes (Reviewer).
src/jdk.jcmd/share/man/jcmd.md line 807:
> 805: `R` = has been redefined, `S` = is shared class (BOOLEAN, false)
> 806:
> 807: - `-location`: (Optional) Print the location of the class file
> from which the class is loaded (if available)
Suggestion:
- `-location`: (Optional) Print the location from which the class was
loaded (if available).
src/jdk.jcmd/share/man/jcmd.md line 808:
> 806:
> 807: - `-location`: (Optional) Print the location of the class file
> from which the class is loaded (if available)
> 808: If provided by its defining ClassLoader, this option will print
> a URL specifying the location of the
I don't think this is an accurate description. The location comes from the
`CodeSource` which comes from the `ProtectionDomain`, which is supplied to the
`ClassLoader` when defining the Class.
If we want to be specific here then I would suggest:
If available from the Class (through its ProtectionDomain's CodeSource), this
option will print ...
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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29048#pullrequestreview-3672561766
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29048#discussion_r2699840495
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29048#discussion_r2699855216
