On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:58:51 GMT, Phil Race <p...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> A container may include few default components as children, which are added >> to it during creation. Due to this, calling function getChildrenCount on a >> new created instance may return non zero value. This behaviour may vary >> according to L&F also, as some L&F may add some default components to a >> container, but other L&F may choose not to do so. >> >> The current bugs reports that this behaviour looks suspicious as it is >> expected that a newly created container will have zero children. >> >> Current specification is not clear on this whether it is allowed for a >> container to contain default components or not. The fix make changes to the >> specification to clarify the same. >> >> Note: I think this will need a CSR, I will file one after the review is >> completed > > src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/JComponent.java line 185: > >> 183: * <p> >> 184: * Containers inherited from <code>JComponent</code> can contain any >> 185: * number of default components as children. This behaviour can also > > can we say "default or initial" Do we need to say "Containers inherited from JComponent"? For example, JComboBox is just a component, and it is not necessary will be used as a container by the user. I meant all components inherited from the JComponent are Containers per specification, but not all of them are used as such. And this new statement is applicable to all "JComponents". ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5121
