RFR: 8356395: Spec needs to be clarified for InterfaceAddress.getBroadcast() method [v2]

[Daniel Fuchs]

On Tue, 13 May 2025 09:59:02 GMT, Michael McMahon <michaelm at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Thanks Daniel, I have commited the above change in wording to the get broadcast method and updated the CSR to reflect (JDK-8356002). I will await confirmation on the class level API documentation before updating.
>
> I think the original wording of the class level doc was phrased awkwardly. I'd like to suggest the following:
> 
>  * This class represents a Network Interface address. In the case of
>  * IPv4, this comprises the IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast 
>  * address if the interface supports broadcast. In the case of IPv6, 
>  * it comprises the IP address and a network prefix length.

Thanks Michael! I agree this would be much better.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25095#discussion_r2086895781