RFR 9: 8138696 : java.lang.ref.Cleaner - an easy to use alternative to finalization

[Roger Riggs]

Hi David,

Thanks for the comments and suggestions from recent emails,
they have been applied to the webrev and javadoc.

[1]http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-cleaner-8138696/
[2]http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/cleaner-doc/index.html

Roger


On 12/15/2015 1:59 AM, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> On 15/12/2015 8:38 AM, Roger Riggs wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The complexity of using Lambda for cleaning functions are too hard to
>> explain in depth
>> in the context of an example.  A more conservative approach is to show
>> using a static nested
>> class.  A lambda savvy developer can correctly determine how to avoid
>> the pitfalls, and others
>> should stick to the static nested class.
>>
>> [1]http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-cleaner-8138696/
>> [2]http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/cleaner-doc/index.html
>
> I still think Cleaner deserves to be mentioned in the package javadoc.
>
> I also strongly urge the thunk/function -> action, change. Terminology 
> is important.
>
> Thanks,
> David
> -----
>
>
>> Thanks, Roger
>>
>> p.s. last call for comments
>>