JDK-8012044 : Give more information about self-suppression from Throwable.addSuppressed
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.lang
  • Affected Version: 7,8
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2013-04-11
  • Updated: 2022-06-07
  • Resolved: 2013-04-25
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Description
The specification of Throwable.addSuppressed forbids an exception from suppressing itself. However, if this situation does occurs, especially in auto-generated code, it can be difficult to diagnose what is going in since the original (misbehaving) exception is not propagated.
Comments
URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/rev/4da1d43f5843 User: lana Date: 2013-05-07 18:40:01 +0000
07-05-2013

URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/4da1d43f5843 User: darcy Date: 2013-04-25 16:37:57 +0000
25-04-2013

Review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-April/015947.html
12-04-2013

See core-libs-dev thread: "Throwable.addSuppressed error conditions -- use the exception as the cause?" http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-April/015796.html
11-04-2013

Self-suppression was forbidden as part of JDK-6963622.
11-04-2013