On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 22:18:22 GMT, Francisco Ferrari Bihurriet <fferr...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> The implementation of this proposal is based on the requirements, >> specification and design choices described in the [JDK-8319332] ticket and >> its respective CSR [JDK-8319333]. What follows are implementation notes >> organized per functional component, with the purpose of assisting to >> navigate the code changes in this pull-request. >> >> ## Security properties loading (overview) >> >> A new static class named `SecPropLoader` (nested within >> `java.security.Security`) is introduced to handle the loading of all >> security properties. Its method `loadAll` is the first one to be called, at >> `java.security.Security` static class initialization. The master security >> properties file is then loaded by `loadMaster`. When additional security >> properties files are allowed (the security property >> `security.overridePropertiesFile` is set to `true`) and the >> `java.security.properties` system property is passed, the method `loadExtra` >> handles the extra load. >> >> The master properties file is loaded in `OVERRIDE` mode, meaning that the >> map of properties is originally empty. Any failure occurred while loading >> these properties is considered fatal. The extra properties file >> (`java.security.properties`) may be loaded in `OVERRIDE` or `APPEND` mode. >> Any failure in this case is ignored. This behavior maintains compatibility >> with the previous implementation. >> >> While the `java.security.properties` system property is documented to accept >> an URL type of value, filesystem path values are supported in the same way >> that they were prior to this enhancement. Values are then interpreted as >> paths and, only if that fails, are considered URLs. In the latter case, >> there is one more attempt after opening the stream to check if there is a >> local file path underneath (e.g. the URL has the form of >> `file:///path/to/a/local/file`). The reason for preferring paths over URLs >> is to support relative path file inclusion in properties files. >> >> ## Loading security properties from paths (`loadFromPath` method) >> >> When loading a properties file from a path, the normalized file location is >> stored in the static field `currentPath`. This value is the current base to >> resolve any relative path encountered while handling an _include_ >> definition. Normalized paths are also saved in the `activePaths` set to >> detect recursive cycles. As we move down or up in the _includes_ stack, >> `currentPath` and `activePaths` values are updated. >> >> ## Loading security properties from URLs (`loadFromUrl` method) >> >> The extra properti... > > Francisco Ferrari Bihurriet has updated the pull request incrementally with > one additional commit since the last revision: > > 8319332: use Path::of(URI) to deal with file URLs > > Instead of the previously introduced FileURLConnection::getFile(), use > Path::of(URI), leaving some file URL corner-cases without relative > imports support. > > Further details in > https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/16483#discussion_r1382111155 > > Co-authored-by: Martin Balao <mba...@redhat.com> > Co-authored-by: Francisco Ferrari Bihurriet <fferr...@redhat.com> My major concern is that this does not look like a properties file anymore, that the same key have multiple values and you use an undocumented (?) format "key value". That said, this is a clever hack and I wonder why we hadn't used it for `security.provider`s. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16483#issuecomment-1804721609
