--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/ArrayDeque.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/ArrayDeque.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -888,6 +888,19 @@
             elements[i] = s.readObject();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@link Spliterator} over the elements in this
+     * deque.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED},
+     * {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}, {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}, and
+     * {@link Spliterator#NONNULL}.  Overriding implementations should document
+     * the reporting of additional characteristic values.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this deque
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
     public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
         return new DeqSpliterator<E>(this, -1, -1);
     }

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/ArrayList.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/ArrayList.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -1238,6 +1238,20 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@link Spliterator} over the elements in this
+     * list.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED},
+     * {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}, and {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}.
+     * Overriding implementations should document the reporting of additional
+     * characteristic values.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this list
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    @Override
     public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
         return new ArrayListSpliterator<>(this, 0, -1, 0);
     }

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/HashSet.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/HashSet.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -312,6 +312,18 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@link Spliterator} over the elements in this
+     * set.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED} and
+     * {@link Spliterator#DISTINCT}.  Overriding implementations should document
+     * the reporting of additional characteristic values.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this set
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
     public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
         return new HashMap.KeySpliterator<E,Object>(map, 0, -1, 0, 0);
     }

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/LinkedHashMap.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/LinkedHashMap.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -129,10 +129,20 @@
  * exception for its correctness:   <i>the fail-fast behavior of iterators
  * should be used only to detect bugs.</i>
  *
+ * <p>The spliterators returned by the spliterator method of the collections
+ * returned by all of this class's collection view methods are
+ * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>,
+ * <em>fail-fast</em>, and additionally report {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}.
+ *
  * <p>This class is a member of the
  * <a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/collections/index.html">
  * Java Collections Framework</a>.
  *
+ * @implNote
+ * The spliterators returned by the spliterator method of the collections
+ * returned by all of this class's collection view methods are created from
+ * the iterators of the corresponding collections.
+ *
  * @param <K> the type of keys maintained by this map
  * @param <V> the type of mapped values
  *

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/LinkedHashSet.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/LinkedHashSet.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -170,13 +170,23 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a {@code Spliterator}, over the elements in this set, that
-     * reports {@code SIZED}, {@code DISTINCT} and {@code ORDERED}.
-     * Overriding implementations are expected to document if the
-     * {@code Spliterator} reports any additional and relevant characteristic
-     * values.
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this set.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED},
+     * {@link Spliterator#DISTINCT}, and {@code ORDERED}.  Implementations
+     * should document the reporting of additional characteristic values.
+     *
+     * @implNote
+     * The implementation creates a
+     * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em> spliterator
+     * from the set's {@code Iterator}.  The spliterator inherits the
+     * <em>fail-fast</em> properties of the set's iterator.
+     * The created {@code Spliterator} additionally reports
+     * {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}.
      *
      * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this set
+     * @since 1.8
      */
     @Override
     public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/LinkedList.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/LinkedList.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -1149,6 +1149,23 @@
             linkLast((E)s.readObject());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@link Spliterator} over the elements in this
+     * list.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED} and
+     * {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}.  Overriding implementations should document
+     * the reporting of additional characteristic values.
+     *
+     * @implNote
+     * The {@code Spliterator} additionally reports {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}
+     * and implements {@code trySplit} to permit limited parallelism..
+     *
+     * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this list
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    @Override
     public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
         return new LLSpliterator<E>(this, -1, 0);
     }

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/List.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/List.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
      * The default implementation creates a
      * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em> spliterator
      * from the list's {@code Iterator}.  The spliterator inherits the
-     * <em>fail-fast</em> properties of the collection's iterator.
+     * <em>fail-fast</em> properties of the list's iterator.
      *
      * @implNote
      * The created {@code Spliterator} additionally reports

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/PriorityQueue.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/PriorityQueue.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -795,6 +795,19 @@
         heapify();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@link Spliterator} over the elements in this
+     * queue.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED},
+     * {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}, and {@link Spliterator#NONNULL}.
+     * Overriding implementations should document the reporting of additional
+     * characteristic values.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this queue
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
     public final Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
         return new PriorityQueueSpliterator<E>(this, 0, -1, 0);
     }

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Set.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Set.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
      * The default implementation creates a
      * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em> spliterator
      * from the set's {@code Iterator}.  The spliterator inherits the
-     * <em>fail-fast</em> properties of the collection's iterator.
+     * <em>fail-fast</em> properties of the set's iterator.
      *
      * @implNote
      * The created {@code Spliterator} additionally reports

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/SortedSet.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/SortedSet.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
      * The default implementation creates a
      * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em> spliterator
      * from the sorted set's {@code Iterator}.  The spliterator inherits the
-     * <em>fail-fast</em> properties of the collection's iterator.  The
+     * <em>fail-fast</em> properties of the set's iterator.  The
      * spliterator's comparator is the same as the sorted set's comparator.
      *
      * @implNote

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Spliterator.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Spliterator.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@
  * source prior to binding are reflected when the Spliterator is traversed.
  * After binding a Spliterator should, on a best-effort basis, throw
  * {@link ConcurrentModificationException} if structural interference is
- * detected.  Spliterators that do this are called <em>fail-fast</em>.
+ * detected.  Spliterators that do this are called <em>fail-fast</em>.  The
+ * bulk traversal method ({@link #forEachRemaining forEachRemaining()}) of a
+ * Spliterator may optimize traversal and check for structural interference
+ * after all elements have been traversed, rather than checking per-element and
+ * failing immediately.
  *
  * <p>Spliterators can provide an estimate of the number of remaining elements
  * via the {@link #estimateSize} method.  Ideally, as reflected in characteristic

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/TreeMap.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/TreeMap.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -790,8 +790,19 @@
 
     /**
      * Returns a {@link Set} view of the keys contained in this map.
-     * The set's iterator returns the keys in ascending order.
-     * The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are
+     *
+     * <p>The set's iterator returns the keys in ascending order.
+     * The set's spliterator is
+     * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>,
+     * <em>fail-fast</em>, and additionally reports {@link Spliterator#SORTED}
+     * and {@link Spliterator#ORDERED} with an encounter order that is ascending
+     * key order.  The spliterator's comparator (see
+     * {@link java.util.Spliterator#getComparator()}) is {@code null} if
+     * the tree map's comparator (see {@link #comparator()}) is {@code null}.
+     * Otherwise, the spliterator's comparator is the same as or imposes the
+     * same total ordering as the tree map's comparator.
+     *
+     * <p>The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are
      * reflected in the set, and vice-versa.  If the map is modified
      * while an iteration over the set is in progress (except through
      * the iterator's own {@code remove} operation), the results of
@@ -823,9 +834,15 @@
 
     /**
      * Returns a {@link Collection} view of the values contained in this map.
-     * The collection's iterator returns the values in ascending order
-     * of the corresponding keys.
-     * The collection is backed by the map, so changes to the map are
+     *
+     * <p>The collection's iterator returns the values in ascending order
+     * of the corresponding keys. The collection's spliterator is
+     * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>,
+     * <em>fail-fast</em>, and additionally reports {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}
+     * with an encounter order that is ascending order of the corresponding
+     * keys.
+     *
+     * <p>The collection is backed by the map, so changes to the map are
      * reflected in the collection, and vice-versa.  If the map is
      * modified while an iteration over the collection is in progress
      * (except through the iterator's own {@code remove} operation),
@@ -843,8 +860,15 @@
 
     /**
      * Returns a {@link Set} view of the mappings contained in this map.
-     * The set's iterator returns the entries in ascending key order.
-     * The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are
+     *
+     * <p>The set's iterator returns the entries in ascending key order. The
+     * sets's spliterator is
+     * <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>,
+     * <em>fail-fast</em>, and additionally reports {@link Spliterator#SORTED} and
+     * {@link Spliterator#ORDERED} with an encounter order that is ascending key
+     * order.
+     *
+     * <p>The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are
      * reflected in the set, and vice-versa.  If the map is modified
      * while an iteration over the set is in progress (except through
      * the iterator's own {@code remove} operation, or through the

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/TreeSet.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/TreeSet.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -533,6 +533,25 @@
         tm.readTreeSet(size, s, PRESENT);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@link Spliterator} over the elements in this
+     * set.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED},
+     * {@link Spliterator#DISTINCT}, {@link Spliterator#SORTED}, and
+     * {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}.  Overriding implementations should document
+     * the reporting of additional characteristic values.
+     *
+     * <p>The spliterator's comparator (see
+     * {@link java.util.Spliterator#getComparator()}) is {@code null} if
+     * the tree set's comparator (see {@link #comparator()}) is {@code null}.
+     * Otherwise, the spliterator's comparator is the same as or imposes the
+     * same total ordering as the tree set's comparator.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this set
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
     public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
         return TreeMap.keySpliteratorFor(m);
     }

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Vector.java	Mon Aug 19 11:04:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Vector.java	Tue Aug 06 14:26:34 2013 +0100
@@ -1323,6 +1323,19 @@
         modCount++;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a <em><a href="Spliterator.html#binding">late-binding</a></em>
+     * and <em>fail-fast</em> {@link Spliterator} over the elements in this
+     * list.
+     *
+     * <p>The {@code Spliterator} reports {@link Spliterator#SIZED},
+     * {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}, and {@link Spliterator#ORDERED}.
+     * Overriding implementations should document the reporting of additional
+     * characteristic values.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code Spliterator} over the elements in this list
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
     @Override
     public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {
         return new VectorSpliterator<>(this, null, 0, -1, 0);