Integrated: JDK-8302324: Inheritance tree does not show correct type parameters/arguments

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:22:59 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review a simple change to show the correct type parameters or arguments in the inheritance list in the class documentation header. The solution is simply to move the implementation of `Utils.getFirstVisibleSuperClass(...)` from the method with a `TypeElement` parameter to the one with a `TypeMirror` parameter, thereby preserving the type arguments.
> 
> I compared JDK API docs with and without this change, and the only change is that inheritance with generic superclasses is now rendered correctly. For instance, the inheritance list for `java.util.Properties` used to look like this:
> 
> 
> java.lang.Object
>     java.util.Dictionary<K,V>
>         java.util.Hashtable<Object,Object>
>             java.util.Properties
> 
> Now it is generated as follows:
> 
> java.lang.Object
>     java.util.Dictionary<Object,Object>
>         java.util.Hashtable<Object,Object>
>             java.util.Properties

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 6d4b02b6
Author:    Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/6d4b02b6c9b82f851b56055ba299f168618ab8ac
Stats:     136 lines in 2 files changed: 119 ins; 14 del; 3 mod

8302324: Inheritance tree does not show correct type parameters/arguments

Reviewed-by: prappo

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12544