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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8214322

Change the mechanism by which JDK loads the platform-specific PrinterJob implementation

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      Summary

      Remove the java.awt.printerjob system property

      Problem

      the java.awt.printerjob system property has been used since at least JDK 1.2 to specify the concrete platform implementation class for the abstract API class java.awt.print.PrinterJob. This not only pollutes the system property space, but implies that this is pluggable which it is not. Nor was it ever considered a "standard" system property but it used the "java" namespace. Also the code that sets it is embedded into the launcher which is also undesirable creating a cross-module dependency - if we consider the launcher mainly a java.base thing.

      Solution

      Remove the java.awt.printerjob system property which is used to specify the name of the platform implementation class for the abstract java.awt.print.PrinterJob class. It is replaced by a mechanism entirely internal to the java.desktop module.

      Specification

      Remove the java.awt.printerjob system property

            prr Philip Race
            prr Philip Race
            Roger Riggs, Sergey Bylokhov
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