On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:21:23 GMT, Alexander Zvegintsev <azveg...@openjdk.org> 
wrote:

>> It could be obvious from the usage… so we may skip the header altogether… if 
>> it's mentioned in the instructions, which should still be mentioned to let 
>> the test know they need to look for the messages.
>
>> Placeholder text isn't supported by Swing natively, is it?  Therefore, 
>> you'll have to remove the placeholder text when you add the first message, 
>> which complicates logging a message.
> 
> It is not a big overhead, e.g. I already did it by slightly changing the 
> `log()` method. `logClear()` and `logSet()` are untouched.

Yep, I see it. I'm still inclined for going without the header or placeholder.

Handling the placeholder text converts a one-liner into six lines of code. And 
I'm unsure the placeholder improves the tester experience…

I may be overthinking… in which case *no header* and *no placeholder* seem a 
better option.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18319#discussion_r1526467731

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