On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:37:00 GMT, Christian Stein <cst...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> A number of modules declare that the "provide" ToolProvider.
>
> These modules now specify the "name" of the argument used by
> `ToolProvider.findFirst` to access an instance of the tool provider within
> the description part of a `@provides` API tag.
src/jdk.jartool/share/classes/module-info.java line 45:
> 43: * Pass {@code "jar"} as the name to
> 44: * {@link java.util.spi.ToolProvider#findFirst
> ToolProvider.findFirst}
> 45: * in order to obtain an instance of the tool.
I'm not sure about the wording. It might be better to say that it provides a
tool named "jar". Invoke findFirst("jar") to create an instance of this tool.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7406
