8157881: security.provider property description needs to be updated for modules
Summary: update java.security file with using provider name for provider registration
Reviewed-by: mullan
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/conf/security/java.security Wed Jul 05 21:50:08 2017 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/conf/security/java.security Mon Jun 13 21:49:12 2016 +0000
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
#
# Each provider must implement a subclass of the Provider class.
# To register a provider in this master security properties file,
-# specify the Provider subclass name and priority in the format
+# specify the provider and priority in the format
#
-# security.provider.<n>=<className>
+# security.provider.<n>=<provName | className>
#
# This declares a provider, and specifies its preference
# order n. The preference order is the order in which providers are
@@ -43,20 +43,15 @@
# requested). The order is 1-based; 1 is the most preferred, followed
# by 2, and so on.
#
+# <provName> must specify the name of the Provider as passed to its super
+# class java.security.Provider constructor. This is for providers loaded
+# through the ServiceLoader mechanism.
+#
# <className> must specify the subclass of the Provider class whose
# constructor sets the values of various properties that are required
# for the Java Security API to look up the algorithms or other
-# facilities implemented by the provider.
-#
-# There must be at least one provider specification in java.security.
-# There is a default provider that comes standard with the JDK. It
-# is called the "SUN" provider, and its Provider subclass
-# named Sun appears in the sun.security.provider package. Thus, the
-# "SUN" provider is registered via the following:
-#
-# security.provider.1=sun.security.provider.Sun
-#
-# (The number 1 is used for the default provider.)
+# facilities implemented by the provider. This is for providers loaded
+# through classpath.
#
# Note: Providers can be dynamically registered instead by calls to
# either the addProvider or insertProviderAt method in the Security