--- jsr166/src/jsr166y/ForkJoinTask.java	2009/07/25 15:50:57	1.18
+++ jsr166/src/jsr166y/ForkJoinTask.java	2009/07/26 06:26:37	1.21
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
      * #inForkJoinPool}). Attempts to invoke in other contexts result
      * in exceptions or errors, possibly including ClassCastException.
      *
-     * @return <code>this</code>, to simplify usage.
+     * @return {@code this}, to simplify usage.
      */
     public final ForkJoinTask<V> fork() {
         ((ForkJoinWorkerThread) Thread.currentThread())
@@ -606,13 +606,14 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
      * in exceptions or errors, possibly including ClassCastException.
      *
      * @param tasks the collection of tasks
+     * @return the tasks argument, to simplify usage
      * @throws NullPointerException if tasks or any element are null
      * @throws RuntimeException or Error if any task did so
      */
-    public static void invokeAll(Collection<? extends ForkJoinTask<?>> tasks) {
+    public static <T extends ForkJoinTask<?>> Collection<T> invokeAll(Collection<T> tasks) {
         if (!(tasks instanceof List<?>)) {
             invokeAll(tasks.toArray(new ForkJoinTask<?>[tasks.size()]));
-            return;
+            return tasks;
         }
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         List<? extends ForkJoinTask<?>> ts =
@@ -647,6 +648,7 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
         }
         if (ex != null)
             rethrowException(ex);
+        return tasks;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1040,9 +1042,9 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
     // adaptors
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new ForkJoinTask that performs the <code>run</code>
+     * Returns a new ForkJoinTask that performs the {@code run}
      * method of the given Runnable as its action, and returns a null
-     * result upon <code>join</code>.
+     * result upon {@code join}.
      *
      * @param runnable the runnable action
      * @return the task
@@ -1052,9 +1054,9 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new ForkJoinTask that performs the <code>run</code>
+     * Returns a new ForkJoinTask that performs the {@code run}
      * method of the given Runnable as its action, and returns the
-     * given result upon <code>join</code>.
+     * given result upon {@code join}.
      *
      * @param runnable the runnable action
      * @param result the result upon completion
@@ -1065,10 +1067,10 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new ForkJoinTask that performs the <code>call</code>
+     * Returns a new ForkJoinTask that performs the {@code call}
      * method of the given Callable as its action, and returns its
-     * result upon <code>join</code>, translating any checked 
-     * exceptions encountered into <code>RuntimeException<code>.
+     * result upon {@code join}, translating any checked
+     * exceptions encountered into {@code RuntimeException}.
      *
      * @param callable the callable action
      * @return the task
@@ -1147,7 +1149,7 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
     }
 
     private static final sun.misc.Unsafe UNSAFE = getUnsafe();
-    static final long statusOffset =
+    private static final long statusOffset =
         fieldOffset("status", ForkJoinTask.class);
 
 }