RFR: 8180387: com.sun.source.util.JavacTask should have a protected constructor.

Vicente Romero vromero at openjdk.org
Wed Feb 8 06:00:46 UTC 2023


On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 21:25:28 GMT, Archie L. Cobbs <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Standard practice is for constructors in `abstract` classes to be `protected` rather than `public` because they can't be used except from subclasses.
> 
> [JDK-8180387](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8180387) was filed to address a particular instance of this phenomenon in the class `com.sun.source.util.JavacTask`.

looks good

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Marked as reviewed by vromero (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12462


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