Yes, the move is from „All Classes“ to „All Classes and Interfaces“.
This is also the new terminology used in the combined tabbed table in package pages, regardless of release. Hannes > Am 05.06.2021 um 21:16 schrieb Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibb...@oracle.com>: > > Up until recently, we used > > Types (now Classes and Interfaces) > Annotation Type (now Annotation Interface) > Enum (now Enum Class) > Record (now Record Class) > > The general decision has been to use the older terms consistent with the > usage throughout the documentation for the older releases. > > I guess you have a corner case here, where you are fixing "Classes" (IIRC) > and I guess it is "weird" to be retroactively changing it to deprecated > terminology like "Types" even if it would be more consistent, especially when > the new term is more accurate even for older releases. > > -- Jon > > On 6/4/21 11:57 PM, Hannes Wallnöfer wrote: >> On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 17:09:21 GMT, Jonathan Gibbons <j...@openjdk.org> wrote: >> >>> Maybe I'm fighting a losing battle on this one, but the current policy is >>> to generate the correct new terminology for recent releases and the older >>> terminology for older releases, to try and stay consist within the release. >>> >>> The mapping is handled semi-automatically in >>> `HtmlDoclet.getResourceKeyMapper`, line 130. As a general rule, if you're >>> changing terminology, you should at least be updating the mapping as well. >> Is "Classes and Interfaces" part of the "new terminology"? I thought >> "classes and interfaces" would be the correct term for anything living in a >> .class file, regardless of release. >> >> ------------- >> >> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4270
