changeset 12663:33cdc422c199

8130800: KeyStore.getInstance(File,char[]) does not throw IOE for null password Reviewed-by: weijun, mullan
author vinnie
date Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:14:34 +0100
parents cb39fd2ecf8a
children 4f3c5f831833 9767a40f2708
files src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java	Fri Aug 28 13:40:43 2015 -0700
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/KeyStore.java	Mon Aug 31 10:14:34 2015 +0100
@@ -1611,8 +1611,13 @@
      * First the keystore type is determined by probing the specified file.
      * Then a keystore object is instantiated and loaded using the data from
      * that file.
-     * A password may be supplied to unlock the keystore data or perform an
-     * integrity check.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * A password may be given to unlock the keystore
+     * (e.g. the keystore resides on a hardware token device),
+     * or to check the integrity of the keystore data.
+     * If a password is not given for integrity checking,
+     * then integrity checking is not performed.
      *
      * <p>
      * This method traverses the list of registered security