On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:03:34 GMT, Hendrik Schreiber <hschrei...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Trivial improvement. > > Explicitly show how to create a `Cleaner` instance using `Cleaner.create()`. > Repeat (again) in the code example that the `State` `Runnable `should be > implemented as static class and not reference the instance to be cleaned, to > make the point even more clear to those people who never read the javadoc > *prose*. > > I have signed the OCA a while back as > [hschreiber](https://openjdk.java.net/census#hschreiber). src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Cleaner.java line 93: > 91: * > 92: * // Static state class, capturing information necessary for > 93: * // cleanup, but no reference to the instance being cleaned Suggestion: * // State class captures information necessary for cleanup. * // It must hold no reference to the instance being cleaned * // and therefore it is a static inner class in this CleaningExample. Would this be clearer? ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6076