RFR: 8286654: Add an optional description accessor on ToolProvider interface

Lance Andersen lancea at openjdk.java.net
Thu May 19 16:18:09 UTC 2022


On Wed, 18 May 2022 14:56:47 GMT, Christian Stein <cstein at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR adds an optional description accessor on `ToolProvider` interface.
> 
> This PR also adds short description for each of the listed tool:
> - `jar`
> - `javac`
> - `javadoc`
> - `javap` and `jdeps`
> - `jlink` and `jmod`
> - `jpackage`

Marked as reviewed by lancea (Reviewer).

src/jdk.jartool/share/classes/sun/tools/jar/resources/jar.properties line 28:

> 26: ## tool
> 27: 
> 28: jar.description=create an archive for classes and resources, and manipulate or restore individual classes or resources from an archive

Not sure I love the use of  _manipulate_ but I understand that this is the wording from the tools guide for jar.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8772


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