RFR: 8280363: Minor correction of ALPN specification in SSLParameters

Sean Mullan mullan at openjdk.java.net
Thu Jan 20 14:19:56 UTC 2022


On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:12:42 GMT, Xue-Lei Andrew Fan <xuelei at openjdk.org> wrote:

> In the getApplicationProtocols() method in javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters, the return statement says that "The array is ordered based on protocol preference, with protocols[0] being the most preferred.". However, there is no "protocols" variable in this method.
> 
> The update is a minor correction so that the specification is not rely on the "protocols" variable.

src/java.base/share/classes/javax/net/ssl/SSLParameters.java line 619:

> 617:      *
> 618:      * @return a non-null, possibly zero-length array of application protocol
> 619:      *         {@code String}s.  The array is placed in descending order of

The phrase "descending order" seems more appropriate for numerical values. I think the previous wording was more clear, with a small change: "The array is ordered based on protocol preference, with the first entry being the most preferred."

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7152



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