On 23/06/2020 19:03, Mandy Chung wrote:
Small clarification about the parent of the system class loader in the
ClassLoader class
spec:
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
* It is the virtual machine's built-in class loader, typically
represented
* as {@code null}, and does not have a parent.</li>
* <li><p>{@linkplain #getPlatformClassLoader() Platform class loader}.
- * All <em>platform classes</em> are visible to the platform
class loader
+ * <em>Platform classes</em> are visible the platform class loader
* that can be used as the parent of a {@code ClassLoader} instance.
* Platform classes include Java SE platform APIs, their
implementation
* classes and JDK-specific run-time classes that are defined by the
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
* The system class loader is typically used to define classes on
the
* application class path, module path, and JDK-specific tools.
* The platform class loader is a parent or an ancestor of the
system class
- * loader that all platform classes are visible to it.</li>
+ * loader which searches and loads the platform classes through
its parent.</li>
* </ul>
*
* <p> Normally, the Java virtual machine loads classes from the
local file
I think this looks okay.
-Alan
