Sponsoring getting 5015163 "(str) String merge/join that is the inverse of String.split()" into JDK 7

[Joe Darcy]

Rémi Forax wrote:
> Le 14/10/2009 01:32, Joseph D. Darcy a écrit :
>> Hello.
>>
>> Following up from threads earlier this year,
>>
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2009-February/001061.html 
>>
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2009-March/001191.html 
>>
>>
>> I'm willing and interested to sponsor getting String.join 
>> functionality into JDK 7.
>>
>> To address this particular bug, I think there should be new "join" 
>> methods on String as opposed to a general "joiner" class.  A more 
>> general class could be added later.
>>
>> Remi, please point to a current draft of the specification and 
>> implementation for your change.
>>
>> Kevin, I'm interested in hearing your comments on the API design.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Joe
>
> Hi Joe,
> the webrev is here:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~forax/5015163/webrev.00/
> There is no specification, i.e no more than the javadoc.
>
> I will dig this evening to find the tests I've used,
> they are on another computer at home which is currently shutdown.
>
> As Kevin said String.join is perhaps better as a static method,
> see first part of:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2009-February/001065.html 
>

Yes, I'd also lean toward static methods for this functionality.

-Joe