jakartaee / jakartaee/mail-api

move from MailDateFormat (not thread safe) to DateTimeFormatter

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Description

With high load and usage of MimeMessage plenty of locks due to MailDateFormat. Maybe it is time move to something thread safe like DateTimeFormatter?

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Research direction

Start by locating the MailDateFormat usage in the MimeMessage implementation and inspect how date formatting is synchronized. Verify the replacement preserves existing message formatting and removes the reported lock contention under high load; the issue does not name tests or files to run.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
performance
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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