RFR: JDK-8310267: Javadoc for Class#isPrimitive() is incorrect regarding Class objects for primitives

Chen Liang liach at openjdk.org
Wed Jun 21 00:17:04 UTC 2023


On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:54 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Correct misstatement that the Class object for a primitive type can only be be access via fields like java.lang.Integer.TYPE.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java line 818:

> 816:      * they represent, namely {@code boolean}, {@code byte},
> 817:      * {@code char}, {@code short}, {@code int},
> 818:      * {@code long}, {@code float}, and {@code double}.

Should we add `{@code void}` to the list here, as this is one of the primitive type names?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14574#discussion_r1236023720


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