On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:43:09 GMT, Alan Bateman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Updates to java.lang.Object API docs:
> 
> - Improve preview-comment in class description that defines value class and 
> value object
> - Update spec for the finalize method to make it clear when finalize method 
> of a value class is never invoked by the garbage collector
> - Update the implSpec for the clone to specify behavior of Object.clone for 
> value objects. Also add paragraph to method description for value objects, 
> and add API note to advise using copy constructors or static factory methods 
> instead
> - Improve preview-comment in wait/notify methods and drop confusing addition 
> to IMSE exception
> 
> A sanity test is added, this depends on the fix to finalizer registration in 
> pull/2589.
> 
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src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java line 260:

> 258:      * <p>
> 259:      * For a value object, this method returns an object that is 
> indistinguishable
> 260:      * from the original.

Given that statewise equivalence term is defined in the JLS, should we instead 
say "... returns an object that is statewise equivalent to the original"?

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PR Review Comment: 
https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2588#discussion_r3496929159

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