On Thu, 5 May 2022 22:03:16 GMT, Valerie Peng <valer...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I think this sentence covers case B, "... or may contain additional default >> or random parameter >> values used by the underlying signature implementation." > > Sean's comment on the other PR regarding Cipher.getParameters implies > otherwise, i.e. `A few comments: > > I don't think this new text covers the case where the cipher is not > initialized with any parameters, but the provider returns parameters. I tried > to think of how to say that all in one sentence, but I think it is best to > have two sentences covering each case, ex: "If this cipher was not > initialized with parameters, the returned parameters may be null or may be > ..." "If this cipher was initialized with parameters, the returned parameters > may be the same or may be ..."` He later agrees that two sentences are probably too lengthy, so we ended up exploring other wording choices. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8396
