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src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/RandomAccess.java

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  */
 
 package java.util;
 
 /**
- * Marker interface used by <tt>List</tt> implementations to indicate that
+ * Marker interface used by {@code List} implementations to indicate that
  * they support fast (generally constant time) random access.  The primary
  * purpose of this interface is to allow generic algorithms to alter their
  * behavior to provide good performance when applied to either random or
  * sequential access lists.
  *
  * <p>The best algorithms for manipulating random access lists (such as
- * <tt>ArrayList</tt>) can produce quadratic behavior when applied to
- * sequential access lists (such as <tt>LinkedList</tt>).  Generic list
+ * {@code ArrayList}) can produce quadratic behavior when applied to
+ * sequential access lists (such as {@code LinkedList}).  Generic list
  * algorithms are encouraged to check whether the given list is an
- * <tt>instanceof</tt> this interface before applying an algorithm that would
+ * {@code instanceof} this interface before applying an algorithm that would
  * provide poor performance if it were applied to a sequential access list,
  * and to alter their behavior if necessary to guarantee acceptable
  * performance.
  *
  * <p>It is recognized that the distinction between random and sequential
- * access is often fuzzy.  For example, some <tt>List</tt> implementations
+ * access is often fuzzy.  For example, some {@code List} implementations
  * provide asymptotically linear access times if they get huge, but constant
- * access times in practice.  Such a <tt>List</tt> implementation
+ * access times in practice.  Such a {@code List} implementation
  * should generally implement this interface.  As a rule of thumb, a
- * <tt>List</tt> implementation should implement this interface if,
+ * {@code List} implementation should implement this interface if,
  * for typical instances of the class, this loop:
  * <pre>
  *     for (int i=0, n=list.size(); i &lt; n; i++)
  *         list.get(i);
  * </pre>
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