JDK 14 RFR of JDK-8230723: Remove default constructors from java.lang and java.io

[Joe Darcy]

Hi Brian,

On 9/6/2019 1:14 PM, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
>> On Sep 6, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com 
>> <mailto:joe.darcy at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>
>> First part of a multi-part cleanup effort please review
>>
>>     JDK-8230723: Remove default constructors from java.lang 
>> andjava.io <http://java.io/>
>>     webrev:http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/8230723.0/
>>     CSR:https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8230724
>
> CSR reviewed.
>
>> Patch below.
>>
>> The default constructors on Modifier and ConstantBootstraps seem 
>> clearly accidental so I deprecated them for removal.
>>
>> The PrimitiveSlot and Factory classes are public classes within 
>> non-public classes so I made the constructors package private rather 
>> than public. However, this is not a spec change for the Java SE API.
>
> On Factory I think the doc might be better as “Contructs” instead of 
> “Construct” (like for ThreadDeath).


Agreed; will change before pushing.

Thanks for the review,

-Joe