On Tue, 23 May 2023 11:48:59 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadam...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> As the FFM API evolved over time, some parts of the javadoc went out of sync. > Now that most of the API is stable, it is a good time to look again at the > javadoc as a whole, and bring some more consistency. > > While most of the changes in this PR are stylistic, I'd like to call out few > things which resulted in API changes: > > * `MemorySegment::asSlice(long, long, long)` did not (incorrectly) specified > requirement that its alignment parameter must be a power of two. > > * `MemoryLayout::sliceHandle` did not require the absence of dereference > paths in the provided layout path. While that is technically possible to > allow, currently the method is specified as returning a "slice" corresponding > to some "nested layout", so following pointers seems incompatible with the > spec. I have decided to disallow for now - we can always compatibly enable it > later, if required. > > * `MemorySegment::copy` - most of the overloads did not specify that > `UnsupportedOperationException` is thrown if the destination segment is > read-only. > > * In several places, an extra `@throws IllegalArgumentException` or `@throws > IllegalArgumentException` has been added to capture cases where element size > * index computation can overflow. This is true for all the element-wise > segment copy methods, for the indexed accessors in memory segment (e.g. > `MemorySegment.getAtIndex(ValueLayout.OfInt, long)`), as well as for > `SegmentAllocator::allocateArray(MemoryLayout, long)`. > > In all these cases (except for overflows), new tests have been added to cover > the additional API changes (a CSR will also be filed to cover these). > > The class with most changes is `MemoryLayout`. I realized that the javadoc > there was a bit sloppy around the definition of "layout paths". Now there are > several subsection in the class javadoc, which explain how different kinds of > paths can be used. I have introduced the notion of "open path elements" to > denote those path elements that are not fully specified, and result in > additional var handle coordinates to be added. There is also now a definition > of what it means for a layout path to be "well-formed", so that all methods > accepting a layout path can simply refer to it (this definition is tricky to > give inline in the javadoc of the various path-accepting methods, as it > depends on many factors). > > Another biggie change was in `MemorySegment` as now all dereference methods > state precisely their spatial checks requirements, as well also specifying > when the API can throw because of an ... Javadoc: https://cr.openjdk.org/~mcimadamore/jdk/8308645/javadoc/java.base/java/lang/foreign/package-summary.html ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14098#issuecomment-1559552992
