JDK 14 RFR of JDK-8236877: Add "record" to descriptions in java.lang.{annotation, reflect}

[Mandy Chung]

+1

Mandy

On 1/9/20 11:22 AM, Joe Darcy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As noted by Werner [1], one of the discussions of the kinds of types 
> in java.lang.annotation was not updated for records. I checked 
> java.lang.annotation, java.lang.reflect, and java.lang.Class and found 
> another location to update:
>
>     JDK-8236877: Add "record" to descriptions in 
> java.lang.{annotation, reflect}
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/8236877.0/
>
> I kept long-lines for the review to make review the change easier; 
> I'll re-flow the text before pushing.
>
> Patch below; thanks,
>
> -Joe
>
> [1] 
> https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2019-December/014150.html
>
>
> --- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java 2020-01-09 
> 10:58:53.311010487 -0800
> +++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java 2020-01-09 
> 10:58:53.122916487 -0800
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
>
>  /**
>   * Instances of the class {@code Class} represent classes and interfaces
> - * in a running Java application. An enum type is a kind of class and an
> + * in a running Java application. An enum type and a record type are 
> kinds of class; an
>   * annotation type is a kind of interface. Every array also
>   * belongs to a class that is reflected as a {@code Class} object
>   * that is shared by all arrays with the same element type and number
> --- 
> old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/ElementType.java 
> 2020-01-09 10:58:53.719214486 -0800
> +++ 
> new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/ElementType.java 
> 2020-01-09 10:58:53.543126487 -0800
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
>   * @jls 4.1 The Kinds of Types and Values
>   */
>  public enum ElementType {
> -    /** Class, interface (including annotation type), or enum 
> declaration */
> +    /** Class, interface (including annotation type), enum, or record 
> declaration */
>      TYPE,
>
>      /** Field declaration (includes enum constants) */
>