Comment: Remove unnecessary Latin acronym

Author: garydgregory

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanMap.java

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public Object setValue(final Object value) {
     /**
      * Maps primitive Class types to transformers. The transformer transform strings into the appropriate primitive wrapper.
      *
-     * N.B. private & unmodifiable replacement for the (public & static) defaultTransformers instance.
+     * Private & unmodifiable replacement for the (public & static) defaultTransformers instance.
      */
     private static final Map<Class<? extends Object>, Function<?, ?>> typeTransformers = Collections.unmodifiableMap(createTypeTransformers());
 

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/ConvertUtilsBean.java

@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ public <T> Converter<T> lookup(final Class<T> clazz) {
      *                         value should be used.
      * @param defaultNull      {@code true}if the <em>standard</em> converters (see {@link ConvertUtilsBean#registerStandard(boolean, boolean)}) should use a
      *                         default value of {@code null</code>, otherwise <code>false}.
-     * N.B. This values is ignored if {@code throwException</code> is <code>true}
+     * This values is ignored if {@code throwException</code> is <code>true}
      * @param defaultArraySize The size of the default array value for array converters
-     * (N.B. This values is ignored if {@code throwException</code> is <code>true}). Specifying a value less than zero causes a {@code null} value to be used
+     * (This values is ignored if {@code throwException</code> is <code>true}). Specifying a value less than zero causes a {@code null} value to be used
      * for the default.
      */
     public void register(final boolean throwException, final boolean defaultNull, final int defaultArraySize) {
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ private <T> void registerArrayConverter(final Class<T> componentType, final Conv
      *
      * @param throwException   {@code true} if the converters should throw an exception when a conversion error occurs, otherwise {@code false} if a default
      *                         value should be used.
-     * @param defaultArraySize The size of the default array value for array converters (N.B. This values is ignored if
+     * @param defaultArraySize The size of the default array value for array converters (This values is ignored if
      *                         {@code throwException</code> is <code>true}). Specifying a value less than zero causes a {@code null} value to be used for the
      *                         default.
      */
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ private void registerPrimitives(final boolean throwException) {
      * @param defaultNull {@code true}if the <em>standard</em> converters
      * (see {@link ConvertUtilsBean#registerStandard(boolean, boolean)})
      * should use a default value of {@code null</code>, otherwise <code>false}.
-     * N.B. This values is ignored if {@code throwException</code> is <code>true}
+     * This values is ignored if {@code throwException</code> is <code>true}
      */
     private void registerStandard(final boolean throwException, final boolean defaultNull) {
 

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/LazyDynaList.java

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class LazyDynaList extends ArrayList<Object> {
     /**
      * The WrapDynaClass if the List's contains POJO Bean elements.
      *
-     * N.B. WrapDynaClass isn't serializable, which is why its stored separately in a transient instance variable.
+     * WrapDynaClass isn't serializable, which is why its stored separately in a transient instance variable.
      */
     private transient WrapDynaClass wrapDynaClass;
 

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/AbstractConverter.java

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public <R> R convert(final Class<R> type, Object value) {
     /**
      * Returns the first element from an Array (or Collection) or the value unchanged if not an Array (or Collection).
      *
-     * N.B. This needs to be overridden for array/Collection converters.
+     * This needs to be overridden for array/Collection converters.
      *
      * @param value The value to convert
      * @return The first element in an Array (or Collection) or the value unchanged if not an Array (or Collection)

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/ArrayConverter.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  * <ul>
  * <li><em>defaultSize &lt; 0</em> - default is {@code null}</li>
  * <li><em>defaultSize = 0</em> - default is an array of length zero</li>
- * <li><em>defaultSize &gt; 0</em> - default is an array with a length specified by {@code defaultSize} (N.B. elements in the array will be {@code null})</li>
+ * <li><em>defaultSize &gt; 0</em> - default is an array with a length specified by {@code defaultSize} (elements in the array will be {@code null})</li>
  * </ul>
  * </li>
  * </ul>
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@
  *
  * // Construct an array Converter for an integer array (i.e. int[]) using
  * // an IntegerConverter as the element converter.
- * // N.B. Uses the default comma (i.e. ",") as the delimiter between individual numbers
+ * // Uses the default comma (i.e. ",") as the delimiter between individual numbers
  * ArrayConverter arrayConverter = new ArrayConverter(int[].class, integerConverter);
  *
  * // Construct a "Matrix" Converter which converts arrays of integer arrays using
  * // the preceding ArrayConverter as the element Converter.
- * // N.B. Uses a semicolon (i.e. ";") as the delimiter to separate the different sets of numbers.
+ * // Uses a semicolon (i.e. ";") as the delimiter to separate the different sets of numbers.
  * // Also the delimiter used by the first ArrayConverter needs to be added to the
  * // "allowed characters" for this one.
  * ArrayConverter matrixConverter = new ArrayConverter(int[][].class, arrayConverter);

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/DateTimeConverter.java

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ protected <T> T convertToType(final Class<T> targetType, final Object value) thr
         // Handle java.sql.Timestamp
         if (value instanceof java.sql.Timestamp) {
 
-            // N.B. Prior to JDK 1.4 the Timestamp's getTime() method
+            // Prior to JDK 1.4 the Timestamp's getTime() method
             // didn't include the milliseconds. The following code
             // ensures it works consistently across JDK versions
             final java.sql.Timestamp timestamp = (java.sql.Timestamp) value;

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/bugs/Jira87Test.java

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
     public void testJira87() throws Exception {
 
         final Jira87BeanFactory.PublicMappedInterface bean = Jira87BeanFactory.createMappedPropertyBean();
-        // N.B. The test impl. returns the key value
+        // The test impl. returns the key value
         assertEquals("foo", PropertyUtils.getMappedProperty(bean, "value(foo)"));
     }
 }

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/AbstractDateConverterTest.java

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public void testConvertNull() {
     /**
      * Test default String to type conversion
      *
-     * N.B. This method is overridden by test case implementations for java.sql.Date/Time/Timestamp
+     * This method is overridden by test case implementations for java.sql.Date/Time/Timestamp
      */
     @Test
     public void testDefaultStringToTypeConvert() {

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/ArrayConverterTest.java

@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ public void testTheMatrix() {
 
         // Construct an array Converter for an integer array (i.e. int[]) using
         // an IntegerConverter as the element converter.
-        // N.B. Uses the default comma (i.e. ",") as the delimiter between individual numbers
+        // Uses the default comma (i.e. ",") as the delimiter between individual numbers
         final ArrayConverter arrayConverter = new ArrayConverter(int[].class, integerConverter);
 
         // Construct a "Matrix" Converter which converts arrays of integer arrays using
         // the first (int[]) Converter as the element Converter.
-        // N.B. Uses a semicolon (i.e. ";") as the delimiter to separate the different sets of numbers.
+        // Uses a semicolon (i.e. ";") as the delimiter to separate the different sets of numbers.
         // Also the delimiter for the above array Converter needs to be added to this
         // array Converter's "allowed characters"
         final ArrayConverter matrixConverter = new ArrayConverter(int[][].class, arrayConverter);

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/ClassConverterTest.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public void testArray() {
         final Converter<Class<?>> converter = new ClassConverter();
         // Test Array Class to String
         assertEquals("[Ljava.lang.Boolean;", converter.convert(String.class, Boolean[].class), "Array to String");
-        // *** N.B. for some reason the following works on m1, but not m2
+        // *** For some reason the following works on m1, but not m2
         // Test String to Array Class
         // assertEquals("String to Array", Boolean[].class, converter.convert(Class.class, "[Ljava.lang.Boolean;"));
     }