Please review the following CSR intended to clarify the true meaning of StringBuilder::capacity and StringBuffer::capacity.
csr: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8236683 diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java @@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ } /** - * Returns the current capacity. The capacity is the amount of storage - * available for newly inserted characters, beyond which an allocation - * will occur. + * Returns the current capacity. The capacity is the number of characters + * that can be stored (including already written characters), beyond which + * an allocation will occur. * * @return the current capacity */
