JDK-8313356 : Improve address selection in sun.net.NetworkClient
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Submitted: 2023-07-28
  • Updated: 2023-07-31
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Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8170568 - Improve address selection for network clients
Description
sun.net.NetworkClient uses `InetSocketAddress(String hostname, int port)` to convert a hostname to an IP address, and then connects to it or fails:

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/402cb6a550f60c75f93c709b5e5902f3757a8acd/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/NetworkClient.java#L177-L183

As described in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8170568, this preferred approach is to use getAllByName() and a connect() loop. This sub-task tracks fixing NetworkClient to use that approach.
Comments
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15078 Date: 2023-07-28 22:37:00 +0000
28-07-2023