On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 19:11:07 GMT, Nizar Benalla <nbena...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Adds a new `-ignoreSince` flag to the SinceChecker, mainly to help long
> running projects that are not sure about `@since` version of an API.
> The value of `@since` in `@since <ignoredString>` will be the release
> version, as I assume that this is a new API in a different OpenJDK project.
> This flag is not meant to be used in the JDK.
>
> I also improved error message when the actual `@since` value doesn’t match
> expectations. It used to say `@since version 9; should be <number>` but it
> now explains the error more clearly.
test/jdk/tools/sincechecker/SinceChecker.java line 480:
> 478: private Version extractSinceVersionFromText(String documentation) {
> 479: for (String ignoreSince : IGNORE_SINCE) {
> 480: if (documentation.contains(ignoreSince)) {
Would it be more efficient to move this equality check into the
`matcher.find()` check, so we don't scan the whole document multiple times
unless we find a `@since` by the pattern first?
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23447#discussion_r1941762207
