On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 02:18:56 GMT, Alexander Matveev <almat...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> jpackage app laucnher will expand environment variables in .cfg files.
>>
>> Previously jpackage app launcher only replaced `$APPDIR`, `$BINDIR`, and
>> `$ROOTDIR` tokens with the corresponding path values. With this patch, any
>> environment variable can be expanded. The syntax is shell-like
>> `$ENV_VAR_NAME` or `${ENV_VAR_NAME}`. If `$ENV_VAR_NAME` syntax is used, the
>> variable name stops at the first character outside of `[a-zA-Z0-9_]`
>> character range. If `${ENV_VAR_NAME}` syntax is used, the variable name
>> stops at the first `}` character after `${` substring. E.g:
>> | String | Variables | Variable Values | Expanded String | Note |
>> | -------- | ------- |------- |------- |------- |
>> | <pre>Welcome $USER!</pre> | <pre>USER</pre> | <pre>USER=John</pre> |
>> <pre>Welcome John!</pre> ||
>> | <pre>Welcome $USER!</pre> | <pre>USER</pre> | <pre>not set</pre> |
>> <pre>Welcome $USER!</pre> | Unset variables are not expanded. |
>> | <pre>Welcome $USER2</pre> | <pre>USER2</pre> | <pre>USER2=John</pre> |
>> <pre>Welcome John!</pre> ||
>> | <pre>Welcome ${USER}2!</pre> | <pre>USER</pre> | <pre>USER=John</pre> |
>> <pre>Welcome John2!</pre> ||
>> | <pre>Welcome $USER-2!</pre> | <pre>USER</pre> | <pre>USER=John</pre> |
>> <pre>Welcome John-2!</pre> ||
>> | <pre>Welcome ${USER-2}!</pre> | <pre>USER-2</pre> |
>> <pre>USER-2=John</pre> | <pre>Welcome John!</pre> | `USER-2` is likely to be
>> an invalid env variable name, but jpackage launcher is not validating names.
>> |
>>
>> `$` character combination prevents variable expansion:
>> | String | Variables | Variable Values | Expanded String |
>> | -------- | ------- |------- |------- |
>> | <pre>Hello \$A! Bye $B</pre> | B | <pre>B=John</pre> | <pre>Hello $A! Bye
>> John</pre> |
>> | <pre>Hello \${A}! Bye $B</pre> | B | <pre>B=John</pre> | <pre>Hello ${A}!
>> Bye John</pre> |
>>
>> `\` character combination escapes ``:
>> | String | Variables | Variable Values | Expanded String |
>> | -------- | ------- |------- |------- |
>> | <pre>Hello \\\$A! Bye $B</pre> | A, B | <pre>A=Ana</pre><pre>B=John</pre>
>> | <pre>Hello \\Ana! Bye John</pre> |
>>
>> If `` character is not followed by another `` character or `$` character, it
>> is interpreted as a regular character:
>> | String | Expanded string |
>> | -------- | ------- |
>> |<pre>a\\b\\c</pre>|<pre>a\\b\\c</pre>|
>>
>>
>> Expansion is non-recursive:
>> | String | Variables | Variable Values | Expanded String | Note |
>> | -------- | ------- |------- |------- |------- |
>> | <pre>Hello $A!</pre> | A | <pre>A...
>
> If you do `echo` on macOS in terminal for unset variable it will be expanded
> to `empty string`, so for `"Unset variables are not expanded."` should we
> have `Welcome !` instead of `Welcome $USER!`?
Updated the implementation and tests to comply with the CSR. @sashamatveev PTAL
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23923#issuecomment-2791134989
