JDK-8214820 : Release Note: Changed Properties.loadFromXML to Comply with Specification
- Type: Sub-task
- Component: core-libs
- Sub-Component: java.util
- Affected Version: 11.0.5-oracle,12
- Priority: P4
- Status: Closed
- Resolution: Delivered
- Submitted: 2018-12-04
- Updated: 2021-03-17
- Resolved: 2018-12-10
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| JDK 11 | JDK 12 | JDK 8 |
|---|---|---|
11.0.5-oracleResolved  |
12Resolved |
8u281Resolved |
Description
The implementation of the `java.util.Properties.loadFromXML` method has been changed to comply with its specification. Specifically, the underlying XML parser implementation now rejects non-compliant XML documents by throwing an `InvalidPropertiesFormatException` as specified by the `loadFromXML` method.
The effect of the change is as follows:
- Documents created by `Properties.storeToXML`: No change. `Properties.loadFromXML` will have no problem reading such files.
- Documents not created by `Properties.storeToXML`: Any documents containing DTDs not in the format as specified in `Properties.loadFromXML` will be rejected. This means the DTD shall be exactly as follows (as generated by the `Properties.storeToXML` method):
```
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
```