On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:17:38 GMT, Raffaello Giulietti <rgiulie...@openjdk.org>
wrote:
>> src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/events/SerializationMisdeclarationEvent.java
>> line 48:
>>
>>> 46:
>>> 47: @Label("Kind")
>>> 48: public int kind;
>>
>> What is the use case for error codes? Are they public or an implementation
>> detail?
>
> The intent is that they are stable and for programmatic usage, whereas the
> message is more for human consumption. The codes are used in the test, for
> example, and are declared as public static in the event classes.
>
> Alternatively, one could parse the message, but that's less robust in face of
> changes, I think.
Users (not OpenJDK developers) don't know what the error code means. I think
it's better to not have them. This is how other events work. If you want to
guard against changes, I would export the package to the test.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17129#discussion_r1431716132
