<i18n dev> RFR: 8313813: Field sun.util.calendar.CalendarDate#forceStandardTime is never set

[Andrey Turbanov]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:52:13 GMT, Justin Lu <jlu at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this PR which is a continuation of [JDK-6453901](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-6453901) to remove unused code from the _sun.util.Calendar_ classes.
> 
> `forceStandardTime` is always false.
> 
> In addition, `locale` is never by used by _CalendarDate_ or any inheritors and can be removed.
> 
> As a result, _ImmutableGregorianDate_ no longer needs to override the _setLocale_ method and throw UnsupportedOperationException.

src/java.base/share/classes/sun/util/calendar/CalendarDate.java line 293:

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> 293:     public boolean isStandardTime() {

Can we remove(inline) this method?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15726#discussion_r1324902104