void copy(List super T> dest, List extends T> src) {
int srcSize = src.size();
@@ -572,11 +572,11 @@
/**
* Returns the minimum element of the given collection, according to the
* natural ordering of its elements. All elements in the
- * collection must implement the Comparable interface.
+ * collection must implement the {@code Comparable} interface.
* Furthermore, all elements in the collection must be mutually
- * comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a
- * ClassCastException for any elements e1 and
- * e2 in the collection).
+ * comparable (that is, {@code e1.compareTo(e2)} must not throw a
+ * {@code ClassCastException} for any elements {@code e1} and
+ * {@code e2} in the collection).
*
* This method iterates over the entire collection, hence it requires
* time proportional to the size of the collection.
@@ -607,9 +607,9 @@
* Returns the minimum element of the given collection, according to the
* order induced by the specified comparator. All elements in the
* collection must be mutually comparable by the specified
- * comparator (that is, comp.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a
- * ClassCastException for any elements e1 and
- * e2 in the collection).
+ * comparator (that is, {@code comp.compare(e1, e2)} must not throw a
+ * {@code ClassCastException} for any elements {@code e1} and
+ * {@code e2} in the collection).
*
* This method iterates over the entire collection, hence it requires
* time proportional to the size of the collection.
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
* @param the class of the objects in the collection
* @param coll the collection whose minimum element is to be determined.
* @param comp the comparator with which to determine the minimum element.
- * A null value indicates that the elements' natural
+ * A {@code null} value indicates that the elements' natural
* ordering should be used.
* @return the minimum element of the given collection, according
* to the specified comparator.
@@ -645,11 +645,11 @@
/**
* Returns the maximum element of the given collection, according to the
* natural ordering of its elements. All elements in the
- * collection must implement the Comparable interface.
+ * collection must implement the {@code Comparable} interface.
* Furthermore, all elements in the collection must be mutually
- * comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a
- * ClassCastException for any elements e1 and
- * e2 in the collection).
+ * comparable (that is, {@code e1.compareTo(e2)} must not throw a
+ * {@code ClassCastException} for any elements {@code e1} and
+ * {@code e2} in the collection).
*
* This method iterates over the entire collection, hence it requires
* time proportional to the size of the collection.
@@ -680,9 +680,9 @@
* Returns the maximum element of the given collection, according to the
* order induced by the specified comparator. All elements in the
* collection must be mutually comparable by the specified
- * comparator (that is, comp.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a
- * ClassCastException for any elements e1 and
- * e2 in the collection).
+ * comparator (that is, {@code comp.compare(e1, e2)} must not throw a
+ * {@code ClassCastException} for any elements {@code e1} and
+ * {@code e2} in the collection).
*
* This method iterates over the entire collection, hence it requires
* time proportional to the size of the collection.
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
* @param the class of the objects in the collection
* @param coll the collection whose maximum element is to be determined.
* @param comp the comparator with which to determine the maximum element.
- * A null value indicates that the elements' natural
+ * A {@code null} value indicates that the elements' natural
* ordering should be used.
* @return the maximum element of the given collection, according
* to the specified comparator.
@@ -717,32 +717,32 @@
/**
* Rotates the elements in the specified list by the specified distance.
- * After calling this method, the element at index i will be
- * the element previously at index (i - distance) mod
- * list.size(), for all values of i between 0
- * and list.size()-1, inclusive. (This method has no effect on
+ * After calling this method, the element at index {@code i} will be
+ * the element previously at index {@code (i - distance)} mod
+ * {@code list.size()}, for all values of {@code i} between {@code 0}
+ * and {@code list.size()-1}, inclusive. (This method has no effect on
* the size of the list.)
*
- * For example, suppose list comprises [t, a, n, k, s].
- * After invoking Collections.rotate(list, 1) (or
- * Collections.rotate(list, -4)), list will comprise
- * [s, t, a, n, k].
+ *
For example, suppose {@code list} comprises{@code [t, a, n, k, s]}.
+ * After invoking {@code Collections.rotate(list, 1)} (or
+ * {@code Collections.rotate(list, -4)}), {@code list} will comprise
+ * {@code [s, t, a, n, k]}.
*
*
Note that this method can usefully be applied to sublists to
* move one or more elements within a list while preserving the
* order of the remaining elements. For example, the following idiom
- * moves the element at index j forward to position
- * k (which must be greater than or equal to j):
+ * moves the element at index {@code j} forward to position
+ * {@code k} (which must be greater than or equal to {@code j}):
*
* Collections.rotate(list.subList(j, k+1), -1);
*
- * To make this concrete, suppose list comprises
- * [a, b, c, d, e]. To move the element at index 1
- * (b) forward two positions, perform the following invocation:
+ * To make this concrete, suppose {@code list} comprises
+ * {@code [a, b, c, d, e]}. To move the element at index {@code 1}
+ * ({@code b}) forward two positions, perform the following invocation:
*
* Collections.rotate(l.subList(1, 4), -1);
*
- * The resulting list is [a, c, d, b, e].
+ * The resulting list is {@code [a, c, d, b, e]}.
*
* To move more than one element forward, increase the absolute value
* of the rotation distance. To move elements backward, use a positive
@@ -755,8 +755,8 @@
* element is swapped into the first element. If necessary, the process
* is repeated on the second and successive elements, until the rotation
* is complete. If the specified list is large and doesn't implement the
- * RandomAccess interface, this implementation breaks the
- * list into two sublist views around index -distance mod size.
+ * {@code RandomAccess} interface, this implementation breaks the
+ * list into two sublist views around index {@code -distance mod size}.
* Then the {@link #reverse(List)} method is invoked on each sublist view,
* and finally it is invoked on the entire list. For a more complete
* description of both algorithms, see Section 2.3 of Jon Bentley's
@@ -765,9 +765,9 @@
* @param list the list to be rotated.
* @param distance the distance to rotate the list. There are no
* constraints on this value; it may be zero, negative, or
- * greater than list.size().
+ * greater than {@code list.size()}.
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the specified list or
- * its list-iterator does not support the set operation.
+ * its list-iterator does not support the {@code set} operation.
* @since 1.4
*/
public static void rotate(List> list, int distance) {
@@ -817,21 +817,21 @@
/**
* Replaces all occurrences of one specified value in a list with another.
- * More formally, replaces with newVal each element e
- * in list such that
- * (oldVal==null ? e==null : oldVal.equals(e)).
+ * More formally, replaces with {@code newVal} each element {@code e}
+ * in {@code list} such that
+ * {@code (oldVal==null ? e==null : oldVal.equals(e))}.
* (This method has no effect on the size of the list.)
*
* @param the class of the objects in the list
* @param list the list in which replacement is to occur.
* @param oldVal the old value to be replaced.
- * @param newVal the new value with which oldVal is to be
+ * @param newVal the new value with which {@code oldVal} is to be
* replaced.
- * @return true if list contained one or more elements
- * e such that
- * (oldVal==null ? e==null : oldVal.equals(e)).
+ * @return {@code true} if {@code list} contained one or more elements
+ * {@code e} such that
+ * {@code (oldVal==null ? e==null : oldVal.equals(e))}.
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the specified list or
- * its list-iterator does not support the set operation.
+ * its list-iterator does not support the {@code set} operation.
* @since 1.4
*/
public static boolean replaceAll(List list, T oldVal, T newVal) {
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@
/**
* Returns the starting position of the first occurrence of the specified
* target list within the specified source list, or -1 if there is no
- * such occurrence. More formally, returns the lowest index i
+ * such occurrence. More formally, returns the lowest index {@code i}
* such that {@code source.subList(i, i+target.size()).equals(target)},
* or -1 if there is no such index. (Returns -1 if
* {@code target.size() > source.size()})
@@ -887,8 +887,8 @@
* location in turn.
*
* @param source the list in which to search for the first occurrence
- * of target.
- * @param target the list to search for as a subList of source.
+ * of {@code target}.
+ * @param target the list to search for as a subList of {@code source}.
* @return the starting position of the first occurrence of the specified
* target list within the specified source list, or -1 if there
* is no such occurrence.
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
/**
* Returns the starting position of the last occurrence of the specified
* target list within the specified source list, or -1 if there is no such
- * occurrence. More formally, returns the highest index i
+ * occurrence. More formally, returns the highest index {@code i}
* such that {@code source.subList(i, i+target.size()).equals(target)},
* or -1 if there is no such index. (Returns -1 if
* {@code target.size() > source.size()})
@@ -940,8 +940,8 @@
* location in turn.
*
* @param source the list in which to search for the last occurrence
- * of target.
- * @param target the list to search for as a subList of source.
+ * of {@code target}.
+ * @param target the list to search for as a subList of {@code source}.
* @return the starting position of the last occurrence of the specified
* target list within the specified source list, or -1 if there
* is no such occurrence.
@@ -993,11 +993,11 @@
* collections. Query operations on the returned collection "read through"
* to the specified collection, and attempts to modify the returned
* collection, whether direct or via its iterator, result in an
- * UnsupportedOperationException.
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
* The returned collection does not pass the hashCode and equals
* operations through to the backing collection, but relies on
- * Object's equals and hashCode methods. This
+ * {@code Object}'s {@code equals} and {@code hashCode} methods. This
* is necessary to preserve the contracts of these operations in the case
* that the backing collection is a set or a list.
*
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@
* modules to provide users with "read-only" access to internal sets.
* Query operations on the returned set "read through" to the specified
* set, and attempts to modify the returned set, whether direct or via its
- * iterator, result in an UnsupportedOperationException.
+ * iterator, result in an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
* The returned set will be serializable if the specified set
* is serializable.
@@ -1136,8 +1136,8 @@
* sorted sets. Query operations on the returned sorted set "read
* through" to the specified sorted set. Attempts to modify the returned
* sorted set, whether direct, via its iterator, or via its
- * subSet, headSet, or tailSet views, result in
- * an UnsupportedOperationException.
+ * {@code subSet}, {@code headSet}, or {@code tailSet} views, result in
+ * an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
* The returned sorted set will be serializable if the specified sorted set
* is serializable.
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@
* lists. Query operations on the returned list "read through" to the
* specified list, and attempts to modify the returned list, whether
* direct or via its iterator, result in an
- * UnsupportedOperationException.
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
* The returned list will be serializable if the specified list
* is serializable. Similarly, the returned list will implement
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@
* maps. Query operations on the returned map "read through"
* to the specified map, and attempts to modify the returned
* map, whether direct or via its collection views, result in an
- * UnsupportedOperationException.
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
* The returned map will be serializable if the specified map
* is serializable.
@@ -1769,8 +1769,8 @@
* sorted maps. Query operations on the returned sorted map "read through"
* to the specified sorted map. Attempts to modify the returned
* sorted map, whether direct, via its collection views, or via its
- * subMap, headMap, or tailMap views, result in
- * an UnsupportedOperationException.
+ * {@code subMap}, {@code headMap}, or {@code tailMap} views, result in
+ * an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
* The returned sorted map will be serializable if the specified sorted map
* is serializable.
@@ -2148,8 +2148,8 @@
* through the returned sorted set (or its views).
*
* It is imperative that the user manually synchronize on the returned
- * sorted set when iterating over it or any of its subSet,
- * headSet, or tailSet views.
+ * sorted set when iterating over it or any of its {@code subSet},
+ * {@code headSet}, or {@code tailSet} views.
*
* SortedSet s = Collections.synchronizedSortedSet(new TreeSet());
* ...
@@ -2700,8 +2700,8 @@
*
* It is imperative that the user manually synchronize on the returned
* sorted map when iterating over any of its collection views, or the
- * collections views of any of its subMap, headMap or
- * tailMap views.
+ * collections views of any of its {@code subMap}, {@code headMap} or
+ * {@code tailMap} views.
*
* SortedMap m = Collections.synchronizedSortedMap(new TreeMap());
* ...
@@ -4406,7 +4406,7 @@
*
*
* @implNote
- * Implementations of this method need not create a separate List
+ * Implementations of this method need not create a separate {@code List}
* object for each call. Using this method is likely to have comparable
* cost to using the like-named field. (Unlike this method, the field does
* not provide type safety.)
@@ -4846,7 +4846,7 @@
* @param the class of the map keys
* @param the class of the map values
* @param key the sole key to be stored in the returned map.
- * @param value the value to which the returned map maps key.
+ * @param value the value to which the returned map maps {@code key}.
* @return an immutable map containing only the specified key-value
* mapping.
* @since 1.3
@@ -4964,17 +4964,17 @@
// Miscellaneous
/**
- * Returns an immutable list consisting of n copies of the
+ * Returns an immutable list consisting of {@code n} copies of the
* specified object. The newly allocated data object is tiny (it contains
* a single reference to the data object). This method is useful in
- * combination with the List.addAll method to grow lists.
+ * combination with the {@code List.addAll} method to grow lists.
* The returned list is serializable.
*
* @param the class of the object to copy and of the objects
* in the returned list.
* @param n the number of elements in the returned list.
* @param o the element to appear repeatedly in the returned list.
- * @return an immutable list consisting of n copies of the
+ * @return an immutable list consisting of {@code n} copies of the
* specified object.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code n < 0}
* @see List#addAll(Collection)
@@ -5095,7 +5095,7 @@
* @param the class of the objects compared by the comparator
* @return A comparator that imposes the reverse of the natural
* ordering on a collection of objects that implement
- * the Comparable interface.
+ * the {@code Comparable} interface.
* @see Comparable
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -5259,14 +5259,14 @@
/**
* Returns the number of elements in the specified collection equal to the
* specified object. More formally, returns the number of elements
- * e in the collection such that
- * (o == null ? e == null : o.equals(e)).
+ * {@code e} in the collection such that
+ * {@code (o == null ? e == null : o.equals(e))}.
*
* @param c the collection in which to determine the frequency
- * of o
+ * of {@code o}
* @param o the object whose frequency is to be determined
* @return the number of elements in {@code c} equal to {@code o}
- * @throws NullPointerException if c is null
+ * @throws NullPointerException if {@code c} is null
* @since 1.5
*/
public static int frequency(Collection> c, Object o) {
@@ -5377,7 +5377,7 @@
* Adds all of the specified elements to the specified collection.
* Elements to be added may be specified individually or as an array.
* The behavior of this convenience method is identical to that of
- * c.addAll(Arrays.asList(elements)), but this method is likely
+ * {@code c.addAll(Arrays.asList(elements))}, but this method is likely
* to run significantly faster under most implementations.
*
* When elements are specified individually, this method provides a
@@ -5387,16 +5387,16 @@
*
*
* @param the class of the elements to add and of the collection
- * @param c the collection into which elements are to be inserted
- * @param elements the elements to insert into c
- * @return true if the collection changed as a result of the call
- * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if c does not support
- * the add operation
- * @throws NullPointerException if elements contains one or more
- * null values and c does not permit null elements, or
- * if c or elements are null
+ * @param c the collection into which {@code elements} are to be inserted
+ * @param elements the elements to insert into {@code c}
+ * @return {@code true} if the collection changed as a result of the call
+ * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if {@code c} does not support
+ * the {@code add} operation
+ * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} contains one or more
+ * null values and {@code c} does not permit null elements, or
+ * if {@code c} or {@code elements} are {@code null}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if some property of a value in
- * elements prevents it from being added to c
+ * {@code elements} prevents it from being added to {@code c}
* @see Collection#addAll(Collection)
* @since 1.5
*/
@@ -5418,9 +5418,9 @@
* HashMap} or {@link TreeMap}).
*
* Each method invocation on the set returned by this method results in
- * exactly one method invocation on the backing map or its keySet
- * view, with one exception. The addAll method is implemented
- * as a sequence of put invocations on the backing map.
+ * exactly one method invocation on the backing map or its {@code keySet}
+ * view, with one exception. The {@code addAll} method is implemented
+ * as a sequence of {@code put} invocations on the backing map.
*
*
The specified map must be empty at the time this method is invoked,
* and should not be accessed directly after this method returns. These
@@ -5436,7 +5436,7 @@
* returned set
* @param map the backing map
* @return the set backed by the map
- * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map is not empty
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code map} is not empty
* @since 1.6
*/
public static Set newSetFromMap(Map map) {
@@ -5505,10 +5505,10 @@
/**
* Returns a view of a {@link Deque} as a Last-in-first-out (Lifo)
- * {@link Queue}. Method add is mapped to push,
- * remove is mapped to pop and so on. This
+ * {@link Queue}. Method {@code add} is mapped to {@code push},
+ * {@code remove} is mapped to {@code pop} and so on. This
* view can be useful when you would like to use a method
- * requiring a Queue but you need Lifo ordering.
+ * requiring a {@code Queue} but you need Lifo ordering.
*
* Each method invocation on the queue returned by this method
* results in exactly one method invocation on the backing deque, with