Re: proposal: ICU4J and JDK1.5 API 'reconciliation'

Doug Felt wrote:
> isJavaIdentifierPart // has no override
>    public static final boolean (char)
>    public static final boolean (int)
> isJavaIdentifierStart // has no override
>    public static final boolean (char)
>    public static final boolean (int)
> isJavaLetter // has no override
>    public static final boolean (char)
> isJavaLetterOrDigit // has no override
>    public static final boolean (char)
> 
> --- I propose adding appropriate versions, as calls through to the
>     JDK.  There's no reason not to do so.

I think it would be better to implement them directly using our (usually more up-to-date) data, 
along the lines of how they are documented in the JDK, rather than calling through to the JDK. This 
ensures that we get updates for them as soon as we update our Unicode version, consistent with all 
other properties APIs.

markus