> This checker checks the values of the `@since` tag found in the documentation > comment for an element against the release in which the element first > appeared. > > Real since value of an API element is computed as the oldest release in which > the given API element was introduced. That is: > - for modules, classes and interfaces, the release in which the element with > the given qualified name was introduced > - for constructors, the release in which the constructor with the given VM > descriptor was introduced > - for methods and fields, the release in which the given method or field with > the given VM descriptor became a member of its enclosing class or interface, > whether direct or inherited > > Effective since value of an API element is computed as follows: > - if the given element has a `@since` tag in its javadoc, it is used > - in all other cases, return the effective since value of the enclosing > element > > The since checker verifies that for every API element, the real since value > and the effective since value are the same, and reports an error if they are > not. > > Preview method are handled as per JEP 12, if `@PreviewFeature` is used > consistently going forward then the checker doesn't need to be updated with > every release. The checker has explicit knowledge of preview elements that > came before `JDK 14` because they weren't marked in a machine understandable > way and preview elements that came before `JDK 17` that didn't have > `@PreviewFeature`. > > Important note : We only check code written since `JDK 9` as the releases > used to determine the expected value of `@since` tags are taken from the > historical data built into `javac` which only goes back that far > > The intial comment at the beginning of `SinceChecker.java` holds more > information into the program. > > I already have filed issues and fixed some wrong tags like in #18640, #18032, > #18030, #18055, #18373, #18954, #18972.
Nizar Benalla has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains 17 additional commits since the last revision: - Improve checker report messages - Merge branch 'master' into source-based-since-checker - - removed unused parameter `i` - make rest of methods private - ".toString" instead of "toString" Signed-off-by: Nizar Benalla <nizar.bena...@oracle.com> - Add a few more legacy methods, needed a few more after changes to the checker - checking for null values directly rather than catching NPE - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into source-based-since-checker - Now only skipping the common methods that every record class will have, and will never need a new `@since` - - Not checking elements enclosed within a record, I doubt a record class will change after being created - Added a null check as `toString` can return an exception - - Added some legacy modules that existed long before preview features (they were incubating) - Not checking elements enclosed withing a record - Only check if the file is readable using `Files.isReadable` - Dropped the use of `Files.exists` and `Files.isDirectory` - Use `--add-modules` option now to resolve certain modules - mention packages in initial comment - ... and 7 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/544d8c3f...5be962b7 ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18934/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18934/files/85b2d1a5..5be962b7 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=18934&range=08 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=18934&range=07-08 Stats: 77006 lines in 1512 files changed: 56440 ins; 13399 del; 7167 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18934.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/18934/head:pull/18934 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18934
