JDK-4763654 : (tz) RFE: consider timezone related files to be put in single jar
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util:i18n
  • Affected Version: 1.4.1
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • OS: windows_2000
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2002-10-16
  • Updated: 2016-09-26
  • Resolved: 2016-09-26
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-4230123 - TimeZones loaded unnecessarily
Relates :  
JDK-4177488 - GregorianCalendar - poor performance of new
Description
This is a RFE to see if we can bundle all timezone related files in JRE under jre/lib/zi in a single jar file. We have ISVs putting jre files under source code control to obtain greater control over the jre files in their product installer images. Moving all small zi files in jar file will make life easier.
Comments
This request is N/A since JDK 8.
26-09-2016
EVALUATION The time zone change in 1.4 had to improve the performance (both initialization time and footprint) over the old SimpleTimeZone-based implementation. (See 4230123) It's very likely that putting zoneinfo files into a single jar file will cause performance regressions. ###@###.### 2002-10-17
17-10-2002