On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:24:25 GMT, Eirik Bjørsnøs <eir...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Please review this PR which suggests to deprecate the unused class > `java.util.zip.ZipError` for removal. > > The class has been unsed by OpenJDK since the ZIP API was rewritten from > native to Java in JDK 9. > > I opted to not explain the reason for the deprecation in detail, but instead > simply point to `ZipException` as an alternative. Should more explanation be > desired, I could prepend that with a note saying that the class is unused > since JDK 9. > > A CSR for this API update has been drafted, I'll update the Specification > section there once we reach a concensus on the deprecation note in this PR. > > This deprecation was initially suggested here: > https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2024-June/125720.html There’s also [HMCL’s `org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.io.CompressingUtils`][1], which catches `ZipError` to convert it to a `ZipException` when run on **Java 8** ([this was also mentioned in the linked core‑libs‑dev discussion][2]). [1]: https://github.com/HMCL-dev/HMCL/blob/95a1496389e6a8c2f51697706a20055a7952b8a5/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/util/io/CompressingUtils.java#L218-L220 [2]: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2024-June/125724.html ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20642#issuecomment-2307731146
