RFR: 8015831: Add lint check for calling overridable methods from a constructor [v7]

Thu Jan 12 16:31:21 UTC 2023

On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:32:19 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

> If we have a class with a private constructor and public static factory invoking said constructor, and the constructor makes this escape, isn't that an issue we should detect?

A static factory method will not create a subclassed instance, so there's no 'this' escape problem.

But I admit I completely missed factory methods as a potential thing to worry about.

Is it possible for a leak to be missed due to the use of a factory method?

Hmm. I can't immediately think of how, but if you can come up with an example please share.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11874