On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 17:31:34 GMT, Julia Boes <jb...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> This change applies a stricter semantic distinction of 'type' versus 'class > and interface'. This is based on the JLS changes described in the "Consistent > Class and Interface Terminology" document: > https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk16/docs/specs/class-terminology-jls.html. > > The following rules were applied: > - 'class' and/or 'interface' are used when referring to the class/interface > itself > - 'type' is used when referring to the type of a variable or expression src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Enum.java line 62: > 60: * java.util.EnumMap map} implementations are available. > 61: * > 62: * @param <E> The enum class subclass I wonder about this one, given that `<E>` is a type. It sounds strange to me - even though I understand that what is meant is that this type should point to a class (a subclass of `java.lang.Enum`). ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1670