jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/AlgorithmParameters.java
changeset 33241 27eb2d6abda9
parent 25859 3317bb8137f4
child 37348 9ccec3170d5e
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/AlgorithmParameters.java	Mon Oct 19 17:26:01 2015 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/AlgorithmParameters.java	Mon Oct 19 17:35:18 2015 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@
      * {@code init}, using an appropriate parameter specification or
      * parameter encoding.
      *
+     * @implNote
+     * The JDK Reference Implementation additionally uses the
+     * {@code jdk.security.provider.preferred} property to determine
+     * the preferred provider order for the specified algorithm. This
+     * may be different than the order of providers returned by
+     * {@link Security#getProviders() Security.getProviders()}.
+     *
      * @param algorithm the name of the algorithm requested.
      * See the AlgorithmParameters section in the <a href=
      * "{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html#AlgorithmParameters">