It's unclear from the spec that the original implementation of the method JComponent.updateUI() does nothing which needs to be explicitly stated in the javadoc.
------------- Commit messages: - 8263472: Specification of JComponent::updateUI doesn't mention that the original implementaiton does nothing Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2955/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2955&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8263472 Stats: 1 line in 1 file changed: 1 ins; 0 del; 0 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2955.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2955/head:pull/2955 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2955