RFR: 8290036: Define and specify Runtime shutdown sequence [v4]

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 13:56:44 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Thread.State was added (in Java 5) for monitoring and management purposes, it's not an API that most libraries or programs would use. It could be introduced in the class description and referenced from other APIs that change/test the state but it would encourage use beyond the original intent.
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> What you have is okay although I would have preferred if the sentence on the join method was in the previous paragraph rather as it fits with termination.

Plus one on the join() bit. You could also argue for mentioning isAlive() here too.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9437