On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:11:05 GMT, John Hendrikx <jhendr...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Update the documentation for `@return` tag of `putIfAbsent` to match the
>> main description. `putIfAbsent` uses the same wording as `put` for its
>> `@return` tag, but that is incorrect. `putIfAbsent` never returns the
>> **previous** value, as the whole point of the method is not the replace the
>> value if it was present. As such, if it returns a value, it is the
>> **current** value, and in all other cases it will return `null`.
>
> John Hendrikx has updated the pull request incrementally with four additional
> commits since the last revision:
>
> - Add code block around argument
> - Reword
> - Reword to use put's previous value wording
> - Reword more clearly
src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Map.java line 824:
> 822: * {@code null} return can also indicate that the map
> previously
> 823: * associated {@code null} with the key, if the
> implementation supports
> 824: * null values.)
inconsistent typography for `null`
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17438#discussion_r1489648755
