RFR: 8311517: ArrayList javadoc improvements related to sequenced collection updates

[Stuart Marks]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:02:20 GMT, dan1st <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The [JEP for sequenced collections](https://openjdk.org/jeps/431) would add addFirst(), removeFirst() and reversed() methods to lists.
> However, the Javadoc of List mentions:
>  > The size, isEmpty, get, set, iterator, and listIterator operations run in constant time. The add operation runs in amortized constant time, that is, adding n elements requires O(n) time. All of the other operations run in linear time (roughly speaking). The constant factor is low compared to that for the LinkedList implementation.
> 
> This PR updates that Javadoc to factor in the new methods introduced by JEP 431.
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8311517
> https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2023-June/107328.html
> https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2023-July/109637.html
> 
> This PR only affects documentation.

Yes, that's correct. I'll create a CSR for this when the change settles down.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15040#issuecomment-1652655848