> Please review a fix for issue where it was seen that several classes in plaf > package 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 > protected classes for javax.swing module
Prasanta Sadhukhan has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: Modified construct javadic pattern ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/251/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/251/files/2b6273bf..38ff7128 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=251&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=251&range=00-01 Stats: 47 lines in 15 files changed: 11 ins; 0 del; 36 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/251.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/251/head:pull/251 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/251
