RFR: 8364230: javax/swing/text/StringContent can be migrated away from using finalize

[Prasanta Sadhukhan]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 22:38:03 GMT, Phil Race <prr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Convert StringContent's Position usage tracking to use a WeakReference
> 
> The test that is added only implicitly tests this but I added it because of a complete lack of any test for this code.

test/jdk/javax/swing/text/AbstractDocument/StringContentPositionTest.java line 65:

> 63:         for (int i=0; i<SIZE; i++) {
> 64:             if (positions[i].getOffset() != 0) {
> 65:                System.err.println("remove: Bad offset i=" + i + " off=" + positions[i].getOffset());

Why a RuntimeException is not thrown instead of just logging?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26519#discussion_r2246935417