On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:11:55 GMT, Prasanta Sadhukhan <psadhuk...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> 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 > > CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253358 Any reviewers? ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/251
