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[cp-patches] Patch: FYI: Bug 9596
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Tom Tromey |
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[cp-patches] Patch: FYI: Bug 9596 |
Date: |
16 Aug 2004 20:57:40 -0600 |
I'm checking this in.
This updates the javadoc for Class.getName() to reflect reality.
Tom
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from Tom Tromey <address@hidden>
Bug 9596.
* java/lang/Class.java (getName): Fixed javadoc.
Index: java/lang/Class.java
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/java/lang/Class.java,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -r1.22 Class.java
--- java/lang/Class.java 27 Jul 2004 07:28:01 -0000 1.22
+++ java/lang/Class.java 17 Aug 2004 03:14:19 -0000
@@ -851,8 +851,16 @@
/**
* Get the name of this class, separated by dots for package separators.
- * Primitive types and arrays are encoded as:
+ * If the class represents a primitive type, or void, then the
+ * name of the type as it appears in the Java programming language
+ * is returned. For instance, <code>Byte.TYPE.getName()</code>
+ * returns "byte".
+ *
+ * Arrays are specially encoded as shown on this table.
* <pre>
+ * array type [<em>element type</em>
+ * (note that the element type is encoded per
+ * this table)
* boolean Z
* byte B
* char C
@@ -862,7 +870,6 @@
* float F
* double D
* void V
- * array type [<em>element type</em>
* class or interface, alone: <dotted name>
* class or interface, as element type: L<dotted name>;
* </pre>
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