On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 15:03:15 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a documentation change only. The specification of
> `InterfaceAddress:getBroadcast()` should not say anything specific about the
> loopback interface as it appears that on some systems a broadcast address can
> be configured on the loopback. The API documentation of
> `InterfaceAddress:getBroadcast()` is updated to simply say that:
>
> * Some network interfaces do not support broadcasting and may
> * also return {@code null}.
looks like a reasonable change to accommodate the variability caused by Windows
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Marked as reviewed by msheppar (Reviewer).
PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27174#pullrequestreview-3202176849
