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

[Lance Andersen]

+1

> On Jan 9, 2020, at 2:22 PM, Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com> 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) */
> 

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