JDK 9 RFR of JDK-8169479: java.lang.reflect.Constructor class has wrong api documentation

Paul Sandoz paul.sandoz at oracle.com
Wed Nov 23 17:25:36 UTC 2016


+1

Paul.

> On 23 Nov 2016, at 08:10, joe darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Please review the changes to address
> 
>    JDK-8169479: java.lang.reflect.Constructor class has wrong api documentation
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/8169479.0/
> 
> Patch inline below. There are a few issues reported in the bug:
> 
> * The Constructor.toString method fails to state it prints out "throws" information. The implementation already does this and the analogous methods Constructor.toGenericString, Method.toString, etc. explicitly mention throws information already.
> 
> * The specification of Executable.getDeclaringClass can be overridden to be more precise in the Constructor and Method subclasses.
> 
> * In Constructor.toGenericString, "return type" is used where "class name" is meant.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Joe


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