Comment improvements based on @michelleblom's review.

server/eclipse-project/src/main/java/au/org/democracydevelopers/corla/model/GenerateAssertionsSummary.java

@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ public class GenerateAssertionsSummary {
    * Name of the contest.
    */
   @Column(name = "contest_name", unique = true, updatable = false, nullable = false)
-  public String contestName;
+  private String contestName;
 
   /**
    * Name of the winner of the contest, as determined by raire-java.
    */
   @Column(name = "winner", updatable = false, nullable = false)
-  public String winner;
+  private String winner;
 
   /**
    * An error (matching one of the RaireServiceErrors.RaireErrorCodes), if there was one. Errors
@@ -78,25 +78,53 @@ public class GenerateAssertionsSummary {
    * continue.
    */
   @Column(name = "error", updatable = false, nullable = false)
-  public String error;
+  private String error;
 
   /**
    * A warning, if there was one, or emptystring if none. Warnings (e.g. TIME_OUT_TRIMMING_ASSERTIONS)
    * mean that assertion generation succeeded and the audit can continue, but re-running with longer
    * time allowed might be beneficial.
    */
   @Column(name = "warning", updatable = false, nullable = false)
-  public String warning;
+  private String warning;
 
   /**
    * The message associated with the error, for example the names of the tied winners.
    */
   @Column(name = "message", updatable = false, nullable = false)
-  public String message;
+  private String message;
 
   /**
    * Default no-args constructor (required for persistence).
    */
   public GenerateAssertionsSummary() {
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @return the winner.
+   */
+  public String getWinner() {
+    return winner;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return the error, or emptystring if there is none.
+   */
+  public String getError() {
+    return error;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return a warning, or emptystring if there is none.
+   */
+  public String getWarning() {
+    return warning;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return the message associated with the error, or emptystring if there is none.
+   */
+  public String getMessage() {
+    return message;
+  }
 }

server/eclipse-project/src/main/java/au/org/democracydevelopers/corla/model/vote/IRVBallotInterpretation.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "irv_ballot_interpretation")
-public class IRVBallotInterpretation implements PersistentEntity, Serializable {
+public class IRVBallotInterpretation implements PersistentEntity {
 
   /**
    * ID for interpretation record (for persistence).
@@ -87,16 +87,19 @@ public IRVBallotInterpretation() {
 
   /**
    * Create a record of an IRV vote interpretation for a given contest and a given ballot
-   * (identified by the CVR ID).
+   * (identified by the CVR ID). This works for any IRV vote, but is expected to be used only
+   * for invalid IRV votes.
    * @param contest        the Contest
    * @param recordType     the type, expected to be either UPLOADED, AUDITOR_ENTERED, or REAUDITED.
-   * @param cvrNumber      the cvr Number, which appears in the csv file (not to be confused with the cvr_id, which the
-   *                       database makes).
+   * @param cvrNumber      the cvr Number, which appears in the csv file (not to be confused with
+   *                       the cvr_id, which the database makes).
    * @param imprintedId    the imprinted ID, i.e. tabulator_id-batch_id-record_id.
    * @param rawChoices     the (invalid) raw IRV choices, e.g. [Bob(1),Alice(3),Chuan(4)].
    * @param orderedChoices the way colorado-rla interpreted the raw choices, as an order list of names.
    */
-  public IRVBallotInterpretation(Contest contest, CastVoteRecord.RecordType recordType, int cvrNumber, String imprintedId, List<String> rawChoices, List<String> orderedChoices) {
+  public IRVBallotInterpretation(final Contest contest, final CastVoteRecord.RecordType recordType,
+          int cvrNumber, final String imprintedId, final List<String> rawChoices,
+                                                               final List<String> orderedChoices) {
     this.contest = contest;
     this.recordType = recordType;
     this.cvrNumber = cvrNumber;
@@ -106,10 +109,10 @@ public IRVBallotInterpretation(Contest contest, CastVoteRecord.RecordType record
   }
 
   /**
-   * Output contents as a String appropriate for a log message.
+   * Output details of the stored IRV vote interpretation as a String appropriate for a log message.
    * @return the data with headers incorporated.
    */
-  public String logMessage(String cvrNumberHeader, String imprintedIDHeader) {
+  public String logMessage(final String cvrNumberHeader, final String imprintedIDHeader) {
     return String.join(", ", (List.of(
         "County " + contest.county().name(),
         "Contest " + contest.name(),
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ public Long id() {
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
   @Override
-  public void setID(Long the_id) {
+  public void setID(final Long the_id) {
     id = the_id;
   }
 

server/eclipse-project/src/main/java/au/org/democracydevelopers/corla/query/GenerateAssertionsSummaryQueries.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Database queries relating to the retrieval of Assertion Generation Summaries from the
- * database. It contains a method that executes a query to retrieval all GenerateAssertionsSummaries
+ * database. It contains a method that executes a query to retrieve all GenerateAssertionsSummaries
  * belonging to a specific contest, identified by name.
  * Also includes a shortcut function to get the winner, which inserts UNKNOWN_WINNER if either the
  * record is absent, or the winner is blank.
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ public class GenerateAssertionsSummaryQueries {
    * @param contestName the name of the contest.
    */
   public static String matchingWinner(final String contestName) {
-    Optional<GenerateAssertionsSummary> optSummary = matching(contestName);
-    if(optSummary.isPresent() && !optSummary.get().winner.isBlank()) {
-      return optSummary.get().winner;
+    final Optional<GenerateAssertionsSummary> optSummary = matching(contestName);
+    if(optSummary.isPresent() && !optSummary.get().getWinner().isBlank()) {
+      return optSummary.get().getWinner();
     } else {
       return UNKNOWN_WINNER;
     }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public static Optional<GenerateAssertionsSummary> matching(final String contestN
             + " where ca.contestName = :contestName", GenerateAssertionsSummary.class);
       q.setParameter("contestName", contestName);
 
-      List<GenerateAssertionsSummary> result = q.getResultList();
+      final List<GenerateAssertionsSummary> result = q.getResultList();
       LOGGER.debug(String.format("%s %d summary results retrieved for contest %s.", prefix,
           result.size(), contestName));
       if(result.isEmpty()) {

server/eclipse-project/src/main/java/us/freeandfair/corla/csv/DominionCVRExportParser.java

@@ -670,14 +670,14 @@ private CastVoteRecord extractCVR(final CSVRecord the_line) {
             // If it is IRV, convert it into an ordered list of names (without parentheses), then
             // store.
             final IRVChoices irvVotes = new IRVChoices(votes);
-            List<String> orderedChoices = irvVotes.getValidIntentAsOrderedList();
+            final List<String> orderedChoices = irvVotes.getValidIntentAsOrderedList();
             if(!irvVotes.isValid()) {
               // IRV preferences were invalid. Store a record of the raw votes for debugging/record-
               // keeping purposes, but use the valid interpretation as the choices in the audit.
-              IRVBallotInterpretation irvInterpretation = new IRVBallotInterpretation(co,
+              final IRVBallotInterpretation irvInterpretation = new IRVBallotInterpretation(co,
                   RecordType.UPLOADED, cvr_id, imprinted_id, votes, orderedChoices);
               Persistence.save(irvInterpretation);
-              String msg = "Interpretation of invalid IRV choices.";
+              final String msg = "Interpretation of invalid IRV choices.";
               LOGGER.warn(String.format("%s %s %s.", prefix, msg,
                   irvInterpretation.logMessage(CVR_NUMBER_HEADER, IMPRINTED_ID_HEADER)));
             }

server/eclipse-project/src/main/java/us/freeandfair/corla/report/ReportRows.java

@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public static BigDecimal percentage(final BigDecimal num) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * for each contest(per row), show all the variables that are interesting or
+   * For each contest (per row), show all the variables that are interesting or
    * needed to perform the risk limit calculation
    * This checks whether the contest is IRV and makes two modifications:
    * 1. it takes the winner from the GenerateAssertionsSummary table, rather than the ComparisonAudit,