RFR: 8310242: Clarify the name parameter to Class::forName [v7]

Chen Liang liach at openjdk.org
Thu Jun 22 00:54:20 UTC 2023


On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:33:33 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR clarifies the spec of the 3-arg Class::forName  regarding the format of the name for an array type which is of the form: one or more of "[" + binary name of the element type + ";'.
>
> Mandy Chung has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   review comments

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java line 426:

> 424:     /**
> 425:      * Returns the {@code Class} object associated with the class or
> 426:      * interface with the given string name, using the given class loader.

Should we update the summary to `... associated with the class or interface or array with the given string name...`

-------------

PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14528#discussion_r1237860510


More information about the core-libs-dev mailing list