RFR: JDK-8259806: Clean up terminology on the "All Classes" page

Hannes Wallnöfer hannesw at openjdk.java.net
Sat Jun 5 06:57:55 UTC 2021


On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 17:09:21 GMT, Jonathan Gibbons <jjg at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Maybe I'm fighting a losing battle on this one, but the current policy is to generate the correct new terminology for recent releases and the older terminology for older releases, to try and stay consist within the release.
> 
> The mapping is handled semi-automatically in `HtmlDoclet.getResourceKeyMapper`, line 130. As a general rule, if you're changing terminology, you should at least be updating the mapping as well.

Is "Classes and Interfaces" part of the "new terminology"? I thought "classes and interfaces" would be the correct term for anything living in a .class file, regardless of release.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4270


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