Looks OK but I would consider simply deleting the javadoc  for equals
(and hashCode) completely.
We don't really have anything to add to the Map interface spec.

On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 4:47 AM Lance Andersen
<lance.ander...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Please review the  fix for JDK-8217393 which updates the javadocs for 
> Attriibutes::equals to clarify its behavior to match its implementation
>
> —————
> hg diff
> diff -r c5d6b4480c6c src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/jar/Attributes.java
> --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/jar/Attributes.java Thu Jan 17 
> 13:46:12 2019 -0800
> +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/jar/Attributes.java Sat Jan 19 
> 07:35:55 2019 -0500
> @@ -265,9 +265,10 @@
>      }
>
>      /**
> -     * Compares the specified Attributes object with this Map for equality.
> -     * Returns true if the given object is also an instance of Attributes
> -     * and the two Attributes objects represent the same mappings.
> +     * Compares the specified object with this Map for equality.
> +     * Returns true if the given object is also a Map
> +     * and the two objects represent the same Manifest
> +     * attribute name-value mappings.
>       *
>       * @param o the Object to be compared
>       * @return true if the specified Object is equal to this Map
> ———————
>
> Best,
> Lance
>
> > On Jan 17, 2019, at 6:50 PM, Lance Andersen <lance.ander...@oracle.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Philipp,
> >
> > I suspect the behavior dates back to the original implementation in JDK 
> > 1.2.  I am not sure it should be changed at this point though the javadocs 
> > should be updated.
> >
> > Best
> > Lance
> >> On Jan 17, 2019, at 5:53 PM, Philipp Kunz <philipp.k...@paratix.ch> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> In the JavaDoc comment for java.util.jar.Attributes#equals on line 269
> >> it says:
> >> [...] Returns true if the given object is also an instance of
> >> Attributes [...]
> >> but that is not actually true. Passing a LinkedHashMap results also in
> >> true returned given equal content of both maps.
> >> Comment and implementation don't match perfectly. But which way it
> >> should be?
> >> Could not be less important probably, so please excuse me if it's like
> >> spam.
> >>
> >> Philipp
> >
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