8225675: Outdated citation of JLS in java.lang.ref.Reference
authordarcy
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:14:39 -0700
changeset 55351 8038250f9939
parent 55350 1224b16c8ff4
child 55352 1357c4996b2e
8225675: Outdated citation of JLS in java.lang.ref.Reference Reviewed-by: lancea, jjg, mchung
src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java	Wed Jun 12 12:31:32 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java	Wed Jun 12 14:14:39 2019 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@
      * {@code synchronized} blocks or methods, or using other synchronization
      * facilities are not possible or do not provide the desired control.  This
      * method is applicable only when reclamation may have visible effects,
-     * which is possible for objects with finalizers (See
-     * <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-12.html#jls-12.6">
-     * Section 12.6 17 of <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite></a>)
-     * that are implemented in ways that rely on ordering control for correctness.
+     * which is possible for objects with finalizers (See Section 12.6
+     * of <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>) that
+     * are implemented in ways that rely on ordering control for
+     * correctness.
      *
      * @apiNote
      * Finalization may occur whenever the virtual machine detects that no
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@
      *
      * @param ref the reference. If {@code null}, this method has no effect.
      * @since 9
+     * @jls 12.6 Finalization of Class Instances
      */
     @ForceInline
     public static void reachabilityFence(Object ref) {