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

rev 14420 : 8133977: add specification for serialized forms
Reviewed-by: chegar, plevart, scolebourne

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, 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
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@
  * <li>They are <a href="../lang/doc-files/ValueBased.html">value-based</a>.
  * Callers should make no assumptions about the identity of the returned instances.
  * Factories are free to create new instances or reuse existing ones. Therefore,
  * identity-sensitive operations on these instances (reference equality ({@code ==}),
  * identity hash code, and synchronization) are unreliable and should be avoided.
+ * <li>They are serialized as specified on the
+ * <a href="{@docRoot}/serialized-form.html#java.util.CollSer">Serialized Form</a>
+ * page.
  * </ul>
  *
  * <p>This interface is a member of the
  * <a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/collections/index.html">
  * Java Collections Framework</a>.