JDK 10 RFR JDK-8177153: LambdaMetafactory has default constructor

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 28 Apr 2017, at 14:10, joe darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> As this is a binary incompatible change, effectively removing a public constructor, I'd prefer if this change got into JDK 9 instead, pending the review process of course.
> 

Fair point, the earlier the better in that regard.


> (I've thought it would be worthwhile to audit the JDK for default constructors and/or add a javac lint warning for that situation, but I haven't done that, yet.)
> 

If we used something like error prone (perhaps with integration into javac) i presume this would be rather easy to do.

Paul.