<Swing Dev> [OpenJDK 2D-Dev] RFR JDK-8211300: Convert C-style array declarations in Java code

[Philip Race]

Hi,

On 9/30/18, 8:29 PM, Tagir Valeev wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Please review JDK-8211300 [1] this change: [2]. Also it needs a
> sponsor as I have only JDK author status in OpenJDK Census [3].

Adding awt + swing.
I can sponsor this. Have you submitted a build via 
hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/submit ?
I can submit a job if you have not.
I have also made a few updates to the bug report.

-phil.
>
> The discussion in core-libs-dev [4] shows that it's desired to get rid
> of old style array declarations like `int array[]` and massively
> convert them to `int[] array`. I volunteered to work on this. As Alan
> Bateman noted [5], java.desktop module is pushed to separate repo, so
> it would be better to process it separately, thus I'd like to start
> with it.
>
> The changeset was created in the following steps:
> * Import JDK sources to IntelliJ IDEA
> * Mark java.desktop/aix/classes, java.desktop/macosx/classes,
> java.desktop/unix/classes, java.desktop/solaris/classes,
> java.desktop/windows/classes and java.desktop/share/classes as source
> roots
> * Disable automatic formatting on the whole project
> * Run the inspection "C-style array declaration"
> * Apply the quick-fix massively
> * Perform regex replace over changed files only:
> Search: Copyright \(c\) (\d+), (\d+), Oracle and/or its affiliates.
> All rights reserved.
> Replace: Copyright \(c\) $1, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All
> rights reserved.
> * Perform regex replace over changed files only:
> Search: Copyright \(c\) (\d+), Oracle and/or its affiliates. All
> rights reserved.
> Replace: Copyright \(c\) $1, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All
> rights reserved.
> * It appeared that compound declarations like `byte r[], g[], b[];`
> are converted to `byte[] r;byte[] g; byte[] b;` which does not look
> nice while compilable. I found three such cases via simple regexp
> search in BMPImageReader#658, BMPImageWriter#325 and
> AreaAveragingScaleFilter#66 and fixed them manually.
>
> In total 339 files were changed with 1335 lines of array declaration
> updates and 310 lines of copyright updates. I reviewed the generated
> patch by eyes, but only partially, because it's too big. Also I
> performed some kind of simple sanity check using regexps:
>
> $ grep '^+[^+]' jdk.patch | grep -v 'Oracle and/or its affiliates. All
> rights reserved'|grep -v '\[\]'|wc
>        0       0       0
> (check that every updated line contains either copyright message or [])
>
> With best regards,
> Tagir Valeev.
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211300
> [2] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tvaleev/webrev/8211300/r1/
> [3] http://openjdk.java.net/census#tvaleev
> [4] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2018-September/055390.html
> [5] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2018-September/055759.html