RFR: 8373186: Improve readability of core reflection toString specifications
Chen Liang
liach at openjdk.org
Mon Dec 8 01:17:02 UTC 2025
On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 21:35:57 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Partial implementation of a spec refactoring to get some feedback before writing similar changes for other core reflection types.
src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java line 360:
> 358: * private int java.io.FileDescriptor.fd
> 359: * public static java.util.List Foo.bar
> 360: * </pre>
Having such examples here means this method has a specified output that users can parse. We should move this to some non-normative section like an implementation note.
(Don't know why github mobile didn't capture my comment before, I already commented yesterday)
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28688#discussion_r2596780908
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