Hi Joe,
On 10/26/18 3:00 PM, joe darcy wrote:
Hi Naoto,
I'd like to see a bit some discussion up front about the expected
evolution of this class.
For example, "once an era is defined, subsequent versions of the API
will add a constant for it. etc. Eras are expected to have consecutive
integers associated with them, etc. "
Thanks. Those will clarify the intention of the change more. Will
incorporate them.
Once a formal name is added for the new era, will that value be serial
equivalent to the current new era value being used in the class?
Basically, is the name or the int value the basis of the serial identity
of a JapaneseEra object?
Yes to the former question. The "NewEra" era should be equivalent to
what's coming after the name is decided. Thus the int value should be
the sole identity for the designated era. This will ensure the
maintenance releases which cannot backport public singleton instances
work without spec change.
Naoto
Thanks,
-Joe
On 10/26/2018 2:00 PM, naoto.s...@oracle.com wrote:
Hello,
Please review the fix to the following issue:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8212941
The proposed fix and CSR (not approved yet) are located at:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~naoto/8212941/webrev.02/
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8212942
This change is intended to loosen the spec of JapaneseEra so that
later era additions won't require unnecessary spec changes. This is
particularly important for the maintenance releases.
Naoto
