?? @revised Tag ??

[Jan Burse]

Dear All,

Just noticed a @revised Tag in some JDK 1.7 source code:

* @revised 6.0
*/
public static boolean interrupted() {
return currentThread().isInterrupted(true);
}

Its kind of unusual since it does not say @revised 1.6
but rather @revised 6.0? Any information on this tag?
What is the quickest way to lookup the revision content?

Bye

 

[markspace]

What is the quickest way to lookup the revision content?

Google it.

I didn't recognize that tag so I Googled for the Javadoc documentation.
I don't see the tag listed there. Then I Googled for the actual
documentation for /interrupted()/, and I don't see any revision note
there either.

My guess: somebody made a mistake and used a bogus tag. Or Oracle has
some internal tool that looks for @revised tags, but it's not part of
their public tool set.

 

[Lew]

Dear All,

Just noticed a @revised Tag in some JDK 1.7 source code:

* @revised 6.0
*/
public static boolean interrupted() {
return currentThread().isInterrupted(true);
}

Its kind of unusual since it does not say @revised 1.6
but rather @revised 6.0?

That doesn't seem unusual at all, since it's Java version 6.0.
http://java.sun.com/javase/namechange.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/version-5.0.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#J2SE_5.0_.28September_30.2C_2004.29
This numbering scheme has been in use since September, 2004.

 

[Arved Sandstrom]

That doesn't seem unusual at all, since it's Java version 6.0.
http://java.sun.com/javase/namechange.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/version-5.0.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#J2SE_5.0_.28September_30.2C_2004.29
This numbering scheme has been in use since September, 2004.

Or like the docs said, there are two versions - a product or marketing
version (5 or 6 or 7), and a developer version (1.5, 1.6, 1.7), with
accompanying notation for specifying updates.

Down in Javadocs I wouldn't expect to see the marketing version, but I'd
understand it.

AHS