Question on HashMap change in 8011200

[Alan Bateman]

On 27/06/2013 22:13, Remi Forax wrote:
> On 06/27/2013 10:02 AM, Shi Jun Zhang wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> There are some isEmpty() check added into get/remove methods since 
>> 8011200 to return directly if HashMap is empty. However isEmpty is a 
>> non-final public method which can be overridden by subclass. If the 
>> subclass defines isEmpty differently from HashMap, it would cause 
>> problem while getting or removing elements.
>
> yes, it's a bug.
> Could you report it ?
>
> Rémi
I've created a bug to track this:

8019381: HashMap.isEmpty is non-final, potential issues for get/remove

-Alan