Hi, On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:43:59PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jsn/jdk/rev/f4289d75cd29 > > 6717876: Make java.net.NetworkInterface.getIndex() public > Summary: Make getIndex() and getByIndex() public. Required a name change in > native code > Reviewed-by: alanb, chegar, michaelm
This seems to introduce a new public API in the java.net package. I was wondering how that works for someone that wants to introduce such things in openjdk. I do see the bug report that mentions making this public should be done for JDK7. But there seems to missing a real justification for adding these new interfaces. Is there any policy for introducing such new public interfaces? I might be reading this wrongly but it seems the only thing this API does is expose some random internal "index" numbers for an NetworkInterface. Seeing that there are no guarantees on whether there are index numbers in the first place for any or all interfaces it seems not that useful imho. An example of how an application would use this new interface would be nice to get a better idea in what situations this would be used. Thanks, Mark
