Integrated: JDK-8258602: JavaDoc field summary does not indicate final modifier

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:45:05 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I found that adding the `final` modifier does not add too much visual noise to the documentation. I didn't find any occurrence where there were more than two modifiers on a member summary (usually either `static final` or `protected final`). 
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> On the other hand, I do think the `final` modifier adds important information about the member. Although this is more true for fields than for other members, for reasons of consistency I decided to show it for all kinds of members except for those where it is not allowed (such as for enums).
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> To my surprise I also noticed that there weren't any test cases for field summaries, so I added a new test.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 07ecd421
Author:    Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/07ecd421d1538ae53ffbea65eccfa938e19a9f0f
Stats:     174 lines in 8 files changed: 159 ins; 0 del; 15 mod

8258602: JavaDoc field summary does not indicate final modifier

Reviewed-by: jjg

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3716