RFR: JDK-8272853: improve `JavadocTester.runTests`

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 20:31:42 GMT, Jonathan Gibbons <jjg at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review a medium simple test-only fix to improve the `JavadocTester` `runTests` methods.
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> Currently, there are two overloads: one to invoke no-args test methods, and another to invoke test methods with args, such as a method-specific `Path`.  This latter one is slightly inconvenient to use, since it requires the boilerplate use of a function to create the arguments.
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> The first overload is updated in a backwards compatible way, to examine the parameters of methods annotated with `@Test`, and to recognize common patterns: namely no-args methods and `(Path)` methods, without the need for any additional function.  The second overload is retained by backwards compatibility, until if and when we decide it is no longer required.
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> In addition, two new overloads are added, similar to the first two, but with the addition of an extra parameter to decide which methods should be invoked. This is primarily a debugging aid.  Using these overloads, it is easy to specify, on the command line used to run the test, the methods to be executed.
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> A new test is added to test the new functionality.

Making the boilerplate to call test methods with a path object obsolete is a very welcome enhancement. Can and should we update existing tests that use the explicit method -> path function to the new form?

You say that the new forms that take a list of method names could be used by passing the method names as command line arguments. That functionality is not included in this PR as far as I can see. Is that planned for a later time?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6983