On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:36:32 GMT, Nizar Benalla <nbena...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> 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 incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Skip over files and packages that aren't found Keep alive, this will need a re-review eventually because of the new rules. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18934#issuecomment-2304480262
