RFR 8191173 : (cl) Clarify or remove "for delegation" in ClassLoader spec

[David Holmes]

Seems fine.

Thanks,
David

On 22/11/2017 6:41 AM, Brent Christian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Please review my change to this small bit of ClassLoader spec that can 
> be tidied up, as noticed by Martin.
> 
> Issue:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8191173
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bchristi/8191173/webrev.00/
> 
> In java.lang.ClassLoader these methods:
>    getParent()
>    getPlatformClassLoader()
>    getSystemClassLoader()
> all state that the returned classloader is, "for delegation."
> 
> For getParent() this makes sense to mention.  But it seems unnecessary 
> for the other two methods, which are static, and designed to always 
> return the indicated classloader.  The getSystemClassLoader() docs go on 
> to immediately mention that the system classloader is the default 
> delegation parent.
> 
> Omitting the phrase makes the spec more concise.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Brent