RFR: 8316187: Modernize an example in StringTokenizer [v2]

Pavel Rappo prappo at openjdk.org
Fri Sep 15 18:06:10 UTC 2023


> This modernizes an example to use the extended for-statement introduced in JDK 1.5.
> 
> I understand that StringTokenizer is a legacy class. But legacy or not, a class shouldn't promote older constructs when newer fit better. Especially when advising on preferred alternatives to itself.
> 
> That said, I wouldn't go as far as to use `var` anywhere in that example: JDK 10, which introduced `var`, might still be relatively new to some. Nor would I inline the call to `String.split` in the for-statement to dispense with the `String[] result` variable: I reckon it's good for a reader unfamiliar with `String.split` to see the type it returns.
> 
> Perhaps one additional thing to ponder is this: we could either add `@see` to point to `String.split` or make the whole example a `@snippet`, which `@link`s code to the definition of `String.split`.

Pavel Rappo has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Tag on a few more cases

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15716/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15716/files/1bb3370a..f452189b

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=15716&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=15716&range=00-01

  Stats: 4 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 4 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15716.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/15716/head:pull/15716

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15716


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