A long time ago in the pre-1.0 era, this field was initialized via reflection since the "InputStream" class was optional. This was changed since then and a separate field to refer the "InputStream.class" is not needed.
------------- Commit messages: - Initial fix Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2016/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2016&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8259519 Stats: 54 lines in 2 files changed: 50 ins; 1 del; 3 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2016.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2016/head:pull/2016 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2016