RFR: 8251989: Hex formatting and parsing utility [v10]

[Roger Riggs]

On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:56:37 GMT, Chris Hegarty <chegar at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> It is the byte array that is formatted, the result is a hexadecimal string.
>> It helps make a stronger distinction between the byte array functions and the primitive functions.
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>> It is the byte array that is formatted, the result is a hexadecimal string.
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> I don't understand. How is the byte array formatter?   Do we have "formatted byte arrays" and "unformatted byte arrays"?  Are they formatted somehow with prefix, delimiter, suffix ?

The question is how to describe the resulting string. 
You are correct that the class javadoc starts off using the terms "hexadecimal string" and "formatted hexadecimal string" but does not follow through.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/482