RFR: 8028816: Add value-type notice to Optional* classes

[Florian Weimer]

On 12/03/2013 11:21 PM, Mike Duigou wrote:

> There's been a discussion on the lambda spec experts list (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-spec-experts/) about adding a notice to the Optional classes about implications of their likely future as values. This discussion recently completed so now there's a doc patch to review:
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mduigou/JDK-8028816/0/webrev/
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> I have already reviewed this but will hold off pushing it for a few hours in case someone notices a mistake that I did not.

Would it make sense to have an annotation (with class file retention) to 
express this?

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team