RFR: 6955128: Spec for javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI.getVisibleEditorRect contains inappropriate wording

[Harshitha Onkar]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 05:14:08 GMT, Tejesh R <tr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> BasicTextUI.getVisibleEditorRect wording is rephrased to remove the wording "Due to an unfortunate set of historical events this method is inappropriately named".
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> src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicTextUI.java line 1034:
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>> 1032:      * Gets the allocation to give the root View.
>> 1033:      * The Rectangle returned has nothing to do with visibility but
>> 1034:      * the method is thus named to preserve backward compatibility.
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> Suggestion:
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>      * the method name is preserved for backward compatibility.
> 
> If method name is retained from past then this sentence would be right ?

I agree. The above rephrasing sounds clearer.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25850#discussion_r2155265661