JDK-8210670 : Accept double-dash VM-name options at launch time
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: launcher
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: New
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Submitted: 2018-09-12
  • Updated: 2018-09-12
Related Reports
Blocks :  
JDK-8210669 - Some launcher tests assume a pre-JDK 9 run-time image layout
CSR :  
JDK-8210682 - Accept double-dash VM-name options at launch time
Relates :  
JDK-8207206 - JEP 342: Limit Speculative Execution
Relates :  
JDK-8202384 - Introduce alternate jvm variant with speculative execution disabled
Description
Per JEP 293 (Guidelines for JDK Command-Line Tool Options) [1], enhance the Java launcher so that `--server` is accepted to select the server VM, in addition to `-server`, and likewise for any other VMs listed in the $JDK/lib/jvm.cfg file.

[1] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/293