JDK-6731572 : new option to control diagnostic output
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 7
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2008-07-30
  • Updated: 2013-05-29
  • Resolved: 2013-05-29
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6731573 - diagnostic output should optionally include source line
Relates :  
JDK-8012003 - Method diagnostics resolution need to be simplified in some cases
Description
Add a new switch -Xdiags, syntactically similar to -Xlint, that can provide sub-options to the diagnostic system. Possible suboptions might include
	source	(include source line)
	summary (summary line only)
	JLS	(show JLS references if/when available)
	all	(show all available info)
etc.

As with -Xlint, negate options with "-".
Comments
A very high level fix for this has been provided by JDK-8012003 If there are specific diagnostic features that need to be controlled by the new option, please report them as specific bugs.
29-05-2013
EVALUATION Not in the JDK 7 timeframe - available -XDdiags options are good for now.
01-02-2011