On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:10:43 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > > I guess exposing no-args public constructor was wrong and it should have > > > been protected from beginning. Also, please add a testcase. > > > > > > Yeah, its been used internally by other constructors after setting the > > `graphics` instances. Exposing it as public causes user to create it > > without `graphics` been set. I tried modifying it to protected and ran the > > test, but some html test fails. > > Even if it hadn't failed the test, you cannot simply change a method, > constructor, or field in a public (or protected) class in an exported package > from public to protected, since that would be an incompatible API change (at > least not without a very compelling reason and a lot of discussion, and even > then, probably not). Yeah, sure @kevinrushforth. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9673
