RFR: 8253736: Cleanup some of WorkArounds and usage thereof

[Vicente Romero]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:25:27 GMT, Jonathan Gibbons <jjg at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This cleanup is primarily focussed on the WorkArounds class, simplifying/removing code that is no longer required.
> 
> Also, simplified DocLint initialization such that it no longer needs a `JavacTask` and so the initiate code can be
> moved out of `WorkArounds`.
> The "constant value expression" in Utils is simplified to remove a redundant level of enclosing nested class for the
> type-kind visitor.

just a nit comment, no need for another iteration, the changes looks good to me

src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/toolkit/WorkArounds.java line 117:

> 115:
> 116:     /*
> 117:      * TODO: This method exists because of a bug in javac which does not

probably a good idea to include the bug ID here?

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Marked as reviewed by vromero (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/412