On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:12:11 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Yet specifying that this method is empty implies overridden methods do not >> need to call `super.updateUI()`. > > But probably it might be changed in the future? If for example, we will move > some common functionality from the standard subclasses to this method. It hasn't changed over all these years… In addition to that, the specification says you *must* override and shows the example without calling `super.updateUI()`. My take is it's unlikely to change. Yet I understand your concern: Stating explicitly `JComponent.updateUI` is empty, there's no way back. So being cautious wouldn't hurt. From this point of view, `@implnote` still gives some flexibility rather than being cast in stone. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2955
