BCEL-345: make documentation wording more inclusive (#98)
* change 'he' to 'he or she' in 5 places
* change 'he or she' to 'they' in 5 places
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java
index 3be6091..4ab405b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
/** Call notify() method on all observers. This method is not called
* automatically whenever the state has changed, but has to be
- * called by the user after he has finished editing the object.
+ * called by the user after they have finished editing the object.
*/
public void update() {
if (observers != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/FieldGen.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/FieldGen.java
index d5dc5b4..924386e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/FieldGen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/FieldGen.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
/** Call notify() method on all observers. This method is not called
* automatically whenever the state has changed, but has to be
- * called by the user after he has finished editing the object.
+ * called by the user after they have finished editing the object.
*/
public void update() {
if (observers != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/MethodGen.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/MethodGen.java
index e402b85..e25369e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/MethodGen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/MethodGen.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
* Declare method. If the method is non-static the constructor
* automatically declares a local variable `$this' in slot 0. The
* actual code is contained in the `il' parameter, which may further
- * manipulated by the user. But he must take care not to remove any
+ * manipulated by the user. But they must take care not to remove any
* instruction (handles) that are still referenced from this object.
*
* For example one may not add a local variable and later remove the
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@
/** Call notify() method on all observers. This method is not called
* automatically whenever the state has changed, but has to be
- * called by the user after he has finished editing the object.
+ * called by the user after they have finished editing the object.
*/
public void update() {
if (observers != null) {
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/manual/application-areas.xml b/src/site/xdoc/manual/application-areas.xml
index 2f96bca..2a2623e 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/manual/application-areas.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/manual/application-areas.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
reflection supported by the <a
href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/reflection/index.html">Java
Reflection API</a>. Load-time transformations supply the user with
- a new level of abstraction. He is not strictly tied to the static
+ a new level of abstraction. They are not strictly tied to the static
constraints of the original authors of the classes but may
customize the applications with third-party code in order to
benefit from new features. Such transformations may be executed on
@@ -143,4 +143,4 @@
</subsection>
</section>
</body>
-</document>
\ No newline at end of file
+</document>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/manual/bcel-api.xml b/src/site/xdoc/manual/bcel-api.xml
index 8417f1d..e47b50a 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/manual/bcel-api.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/manual/bcel-api.xml
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
To simplify the creation of certain instructions the user can use
the supplied <tt>InstructionFactory</tt> class which offers a lot
of useful methods to create instructions from
- scratch. Alternatively, he can also use <em>compound
+ scratch. Alternatively, they can also use <em>compound
instructions</em>: When producing byte code, some patterns
typically occur very frequently, for instance the compilation of
arithmetic or comparison expressions. You certainly do not want
@@ -642,4 +642,4 @@
</subsection>
</section>
</body>
-</document>
\ No newline at end of file
+</document>
