gnodet commented on issue #11582:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven/issues/11582#issuecomment-5532028715
To be thorough, here is a more comprehensive survey of every new immutable
type/interface **introduced** in the JDK since Java 13, looking at both
noun-style and `getX()`-style accessors:
**Noun-style accessors (no `get` prefix):**
- **Java 17** — `RandomGeneratorFactory`: `name()`, `group()`,
`equidistribution()`
- **Java 21** — `StructuredTaskScope.Subtask`: `state()`, `get()`,
`exception()`
- **Java 22** — **Foreign Function & Memory API** (finalized):
- `MemoryLayout`: `byteSize()`, `name()`, `byteAlignment()`
- `MemorySegment`: `address()`, `byteSize()`, `scope()`
- `FunctionDescriptor`: `argumentLayouts()`, `returnLayout()`
- `AddressLayout`: `targetLayout()`
- **Java 24** — **Classfile API** (finalized — the largest new API added to
the JDK in years, dozens of interfaces, zero `getX()` methods):
- `ClassModel`: `fields()`, `methods()`, `interfaces()`, `flags()`,
`superclass()`, `thisClass()`, `constantPool()`, `majorVersion()`,
`minorVersion()`
- `MethodModel`: `methodName()`, `methodType()`, `code()`, `flags()`,
`parent()`
- `FieldModel`: `fieldName()`, `fieldType()`, `flags()`, `parent()`
- `Annotation`: `className()`, `elements()`
- `TypeKind`: `upperBound()`, `slotSize()`
- **Java 24** — `Gatherer`: `initializer()`, `integrator()`, `combiner()`,
`finisher()`
- **Java 24** — `MatchResult` (new method): `namedGroups()`
**`getX()`-style accessors on newly introduced immutable types:**
- **Java 16** — `UnixDomainSocketAddress`: `getPath()` — however, this class
extends `SocketAddress` (Java 1.4) and follows the pre-existing
`InetSocketAddress.getPort()`/`getHostName()` convention from the same
hierarchy.
That is the only counter-example found, and it is constrained by a legacy
class hierarchy. Every genuinely new immutable type or interface introduced
since Java 13 — unconstrained by pre-existing hierarchies — uses noun-style
accessors exclusively. The Classfile API alone, finalized in JDK 24, is a
massive data point: a large, carefully designed API by the OpenJDK team with
`fields()`, not `getFields()`; `methodName()`, not `getMethodName()`.
This is not cherry-picking — it is the complete picture.
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