Hi,
Please find below a clarification of the implementation note
in Clock.java:
8180428: Clarify implementation note in Clock.java to match
implementation changes made by JDK-8068730
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8180428
The change below was already discussed here:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2017-May/047671.html
-- daniel
Here is the proposed diff:
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Clock.java
b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Clock.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Clock.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Clock.java
@@ -127,10 +127,13 @@
* document whether or not they do support serialization.
*
* @implNote
- * The clock implementation provided here is based on {@link
System#currentTimeMillis()}.
- * That method provides little to no guarantee about the accuracy of
the clock.
- * Applications requiring a more accurate clock must implement this
abstract class
- * themselves using a different external clock, such as an NTP server.
+ * The clock implementation provided here is based on the same
underlying clock
+ * as {@link System#currentTimeMillis()}, but may have a precision
finer than
+ * milliseconds if available.
+ * However, little to no guarantee is provided about the accuracy of the
+ * underlying clock. Applications requiring a more accurate clock must
implement
+ * this abstract class themselves using a different external clock,
such as an
+ * NTP server.
*
* @since 1.8
*/
