RFR: 8028757: CharSequence.subSequence improperly requires a "new" CharSequence be returned
Alan Bateman
Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Tue Dec 3 20:03:14 UTC 2013
On 03/12/2013 18:15, Stuart Marks wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please review this small change to the subSequence() method specs of
> CharSequence and String. Essentially this removes the requirement of
> returning a "new" character sequence at each call. This brings the
> spec in line with String's implementation, which will return 'this' in
> appropriate circumstances.
>
> No change is necessary for the other CharSequence implementations.
> StringBuilder/Buffer still say "new" and in fact they always return
> new String objects. CharBuffer defines its exact sharing behavior.
> Segment returns a "new" Segment with a shared character array, which
> is (supposedly) immutable.
Looks good and I think is the best solution for this.
-Alan
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