> Please review a fix for issue where it was seen that several > nested classes rely on default constructors as part of their public API. > > It's to be noted that "A no-arg public constructor is generated by the > compiler for a class if it does not declare an > explicit constructor. While convenient, this is inappropriate for many kinds > of formal classes, both because the > constructor will have no javadoc and because the constructor may be > unintended." For the JDK, classes intended to be > used outside of the JDK, public classes in exported packages, should not rely > on default constructors. > Proposed fix is to add explicit public no-arg constructors for public classes > and protected no-arg constructor for > public abstract classes for javax.swing module (as one part of overalll > java.desktop change) > CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252908
Prasanta Sadhukhan has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: Modify access modifier to protected for protected classes ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/72/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/72/files/a4f28fa2..af8c4336 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=72&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=72&range=00-01 Stats: 100 lines in 41 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 100 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/72.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/72/head:pull/72 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/72
