On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:49:24 GMT, Pavel Rappo <pra...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Does your comment mean that we should similarly refine (later) the term >> "Inheritance Tree"? >> >> To make sure we're on the same page, that method (whose doc comment we are >> talking about) is in charge of producing a small tree-like diagram you can >> see on the top of a class page. For example, for java.util.ArrayList that >> diagram looks like this: >> >> >> java.lang.Object >> java.util.AbstractCollection<E> >> java.util.AbstractList<E> >> java.util.ArrayList<E> > > Is there a suitable term we could use to describe this _ancestry_ > information? We are specifically interested in a superclass-subclass chain > that connects a class in question with java.lang.Object. `class hierarchy` ? `superclass chain` ? `superclasses` ? `inheritance chain` ? `list of superclasses` ? `ancestors` ? `inheritance list` ? `superclass list` ? 'inheritance` isn't a bad word, it just doesn't work as a noun in this context. The problem is using it with `tree`, since the superclass-subclass chain is a degenerate tree that is a list. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7843
