Mark Wielaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:31:04 +0100:
>Do newer versions of javadoc really no longer mention wether a method is >synchronized? That would be not good. See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/tooldocs/javadoc/whatsnew-1.2.html: > [What's New in Javadoc 1.2] > > Remove "synchronized" and "native" from signatures. Javadoc generates an > API specification. These two keywords do not belong in the signatures of > a specification, because they are implementation-specific. The keyword > "native" does not need to be documented. The keyword "synchronized" > indicates thread-safe behavior that should instead be described in the > method descriptions. A thread-safe method itself might not use the > "synchronized" keyword but might call private methods that are. FYI, I've now filed a bug report with Sun, asking for the documentation of java.util.Properties to clarify thread safety. -- Sascha _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
