On Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:41:57 GMT, Dan Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Some final polishing to align javadocs with the JEP.
> 
> - Main goal is to remove usage of "statewise equivalent", as noted in the 
> title
> - A little bit of general editing in the Object intro, `equals` method, and 
> `clone` method
> - Corrected "the finalize method of a value ~class~ _object_ will never be 
> invoked"
> 
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src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java line 51:

> 49:  *          to be thrown.
> 50:  *          <p>
> 51:  *          The {@link #finalize()} method of a value object will never 
> be invoked by

Hello Dan, I think changing this from value class to value object will be 
confusing. The Object.finalize() method specification (and implementation) 
continues to state:

> The {@code finalize} method of a value class is never directly invoked by the 
> garbage collector. This includes the case where an abstract value class 
> declares a {@code finalize} method and the class is extended by an identity 
> class;

So it's not just value objects whose finalize don't get invoked but even 
identity objects whose super class is a value class with the finalize method.

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PR Review Comment: 
https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2651#discussion_r3601025920

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