On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:14:47 GMT, John Hendrikx <jhendr...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Refactoring of all `StringConverter`s and their tests. General notes:
>> * The documentation language has been unified and `null` parameter rules 
>> have been documented.
>> *  Tests have been cleaned up in the vein of 
>> https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1759 and unneeded `@BeforeAll`s were 
>> removed.
>> * Internal fields were made `private final` to guarantee immutability.
>> 
>>  Incremental commits are provided for easier reviewing:
>> 
>> ### Parent classes
>> * `StringConverter`: updated documentation
>> * `BaseStringConverter`: a new internal class that implements repeated code 
>> from converter implementations and serves as an intermediate superclass. It 
>> does empty and `null` string checks that are handled uniformly, except for 
>> `DefaultStringConverter`, which has a different formatting mechanism.
>> 
>> ### Primitive-related converters
>> * All primitive (wrapper) converters also document their formatting and 
>> parsing mechanism since these are "well-established".
>> 
>> ### Format converter
>> * Checked for `null` during constriction time to avoid runtime NPEs.
>> * There is no test class for this converter. A followup might be desirable.
>> * A followup should deprecate for removal `protected Format getFormat()` (as 
>> in [JDK-8314597](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8314597) and 
>> [JDK-8260475](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8260475).
>> 
>> ### Number and subclasses converters
>> * The intermediate `locale` and `pattern` fields were removed (along with 
>> their tests). The class generated a new formatter from these on each call. 
>> This only makes sense for mutable fields where the resulting formatter can 
>> change, but here the formatter can be computed once on construction and 
>> stored.
>> * The only difference between these classes is a single method for creating 
>> a format from a `null` pattern, which was encapsulated in the 
>> `getSpecializedNumberFormat` method.
>> * The terminally deprecated `protected NumberFormat getNumberFormat()` was 
>> removed. Can be split to its own issue if preferred. In my opinion, it 
>> shouldn't exist even internally since testing the internal formatter doesn't 
>> help. The only tests here should be for to/from strings, and these are 
>> lacking. A followup can be filed for adding more conversion tests.
>> 
>> ### Date/Time converters
>> * Added a documentation note advising users to use the `java.time` classes 
>> instead of the old `Date` class.
>> * As with Number converters, only the `dateFormat` field was kept, which is 
>> created once on construction instead of on each ...
>
> modules/javafx.base/src/main/java/javafx/util/converter/DateTimeStringConverter.java
>  line 99:
> 
>> 97:     ///        both date and time styles.
>> 98:     public DateTimeStringConverter(Locale locale, String pattern) {
>> 99:         dateFormat = create(locale, DateFormat.DEFAULT, 
>> DateFormat.DEFAULT, pattern);
> 
> Just noting inconsistent style here (see below `this.dateFormat = ` or 
> `dateFormat = `) -- I personally favor prefixing with `this.` when it is a 
> write action.

I only use `this` to avoid shadowing, or when in the same constructor for 
uniformity with other field assignment. I don't really mind it either way. I 
try to avoid "this" noise.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1880#discussion_r2297721228

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