RFR: 8280825: Modules that "provide" ToolProvider should document the name that can be used

Jonathan Gibbons jjg at openjdk.java.net
Wed Feb 9 20:24:10 UTC 2022


On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:37:00 GMT, Christian Stein <cstein at openjdk.org> wrote:

> A number of modules declare that the "provide" ToolProvider.
> 
> These modules now specify the "name" of the argument used by `ToolProvider.findFirst` to access an instance of the tool provider within the description part of a `@provides` API tag.

Would it be more pedantically accurate to talk about getting an instance of the _tool provider_ (not just _tool_)?

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Marked as reviewed by jjg (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7406


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