<i18n dev> RFR: 8307547: Support variant collations [v4]

[Joe Darcy]

On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:51:37 GMT, Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The fix to https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8306927 switched the default collation for Swedish to the modern one. In order to provide a means for users who need the old collation, this PR intends to make `Collator` recognize the `co` Unicode locale extension so that multiple implementations for a locale can be provided. I would also like reviews for the corresponding CSR.
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> Naoto Sato has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Added "reformed" tests

src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/Collator.java line 230:

> 228:     /**
> 229:      * Gets the Collator for the desired locale.
> 230:      * @apiNote Implementations of {@code Collator} class may produce

For less l10n savvy readers, I suggest providing a bit more context in the apiNote, such as by explicitly mentioning Swedish and showing what getting the default collator would look like.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13917#discussion_r1194416496