JDK-8026236 : Add PrimeTest for BigInteger
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.math
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2013-10-10
  • Updated: 2020-08-20
  • Resolved: 2014-05-07
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JDK 9 Other
9 b13Fixed openjdk8u272Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-7189139 - BigInteger's staticRandom field can be a source of bottlenecks.
Relates :  
JDK-8042478 - Include Mersenne primes in BigInteger primality testing
Description
Pursuant to the discussion in

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-October/021859.html

add a version of PrimeTest (see attached) to jdk/test.
Comments
Fix Request [8u]: Useful test discovered in the process of backporting JDK-8078334. Test passes with current 8u and obviously a clean backport as just adds a new file.
20-08-2020
Review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-April/026576.html
29-04-2014
The attachment PrimeTest.java is the file originally posted via link in this message http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-October/021816.html and PrimeTest2.java is the version included in this message http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-October/021859.html but named PrimeTest.
16-04-2014