On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 20:21:43 GMT, Phil Race <[email protected]> wrote:

>> src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/plaf/metal/MetalBumps.java line 
>> 52:
>> 
>>> 50:     protected Color backColor;
>>> 51: 
>>> 52:     private static final List<BumpBuffer> BUMPS_LIST = new 
>>> ArrayList<BumpBuffer>();
>> 
>> This doesn’t seem to be a constant, does it? I think at some point we should 
>> implement some kind of cleanup logic for this list.
>
> The list is constant. The contents are added to.
> I suppose (some day) something like a soft ref could be used, but I am not 
> sure that there will ever be stale members to make it worthwhile or 
> appropriate.
> Either way, out of scope for this change.

If it is not a constant should we still use BUMPS_LIST? By constant I mean 
something that does not change and we can return it from the methods as it is 
without cloning/etc. This looks like just a field stored as static final.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29474#discussion_r2756417674

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