Hi, The following patch is a minor clarification to the documentation of Spliterator.characteristics():
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/lambda/lambda/jdk/rev/653d17f35169 Paul. --- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Spliterator.java Tue Oct 01 12:10:04 2013 +0200 +++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Spliterator.java Tue Oct 08 13:36:27 2013 +0200 @@ -414,12 +414,18 @@ public interface Spliterator<T> { * #ORDERED}, {@link #DISTINCT}, {@link #SORTED}, {@link #SIZED}, * {@link #NONNULL}, {@link #IMMUTABLE}, {@link #CONCURRENT}, * {@link #SUBSIZED}. Repeated calls to {@code characteristics()} on - * a given spliterator should always return the same result. + * a given spliterator, prior to or in-between calls to {@code trySplit}, + * should always return the same result. * * <p>If a Spliterator reports an inconsistent set of * characteristics (either those returned from a single invocation * or across multiple invocations), no guarantees can be made * about any computation using this Spliterator. + * + * @apiNote The characteristics of a given spliterator before splitting + * may differ from the characteristics after splitting. For specific + * examples see the characteristic values {@link #SIZED}, {@link #SUBSIZED} + * and {@link #CONCURRENT}. * * @return a representation of characteristics */
