RFR: 8358526: Clarify behavior of java.awt.HeadlessException constructed with no-args
Phil Race
prr at openjdk.org
Wed Jun 18 22:30:27 UTC 2025
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:34:32 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Should each constructor specify how the message returned by `getMessage` is constructed instead of _directing to the specification of `getMessage` for details_?
100% no. I am not wasting time on that. This whole spec. is getting revamped again in JDK 26 in very short order after this minimal fix is backported to JDK 25
> src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/HeadlessException.java line 56:
>
>> 54: * For such {@code HeadlessException} the default headless error message
>> 55: * may be auto-generated for some platforms.
>> 56: * The text of the default headless message may depend on
>
> This doesn't align, the following text has to be modified too.
>
> The first sentence of the second paragraph, “For such `{@code HeadlessException}` the default headless error message may be auto-generated for some platforms,” should be replaced with the slightly edited text from the `HeadlessException(String)` constructor: “For some platforms, the `{@code null}` detail message may be replaced with the default headless error message.”
I don't see why.
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25881#issuecomment-2985884731
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25881#discussion_r2155631076
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