[jdk21] Integrated: 8311264: JavaDoc index comparator is not transitive

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 09:35:30 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This bug existed before 21, but [JDK-8286470](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8286470) triggered it and caused some strange and possibly non-deterministic ordering of items in the JavaDoc index pages, which caused failures reported in [JDK-8309233](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8309233). Since the fix is fairly simple I think it should be backported to 21.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: fb7fd581
Author:    Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21/commit/fb7fd581266eccac188efd8ce9a73f322ade3c9a
Stats:     124 lines in 4 files changed: 88 ins; 9 del; 27 mod

8311264: JavaDoc index comparator is not transitive

Reviewed-by: prappo
Backport-of: 0741cd3289ccc89777449711ab20d6c32711f494

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21/pull/100