RFR 9: 8171940 Incorrect statement about an absolute value of months unit after period's normalization

Roger Riggs Roger.Riggs at Oracle.com
Fri Dec 23 18:10:03 UTC 2016


Please review a simple javadoc fix for normalizing java.time.Period.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a Happy New Year.

Inline Patch:

--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Period.java 2016-12-23 
13:06:04.345840617 -0500
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Period.java 2016-12-23 
13:06:04.081840617 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights 
reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights 
reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@
       * Returns a copy of this period with the years and months normalized.
       * <p>
       * This normalizes the years and months units, leaving the days 
unit unchanged.
-     * The months unit is adjusted to have an absolute value less than 11,
+     * The months unit is adjusted to have an absolute value less than 12,
       * with the years unit being adjusted to compensate. For example, 
a period of
       * "1 Year and 15 months" will be normalized to "2 years and 3 
months".
       * <p>

Thanks, Roger

p.s.
Webrev:
   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-period-doc-8171940/




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