RFR: 8314877: Make fields final in 'java.net' package

[Alan Bateman]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:47:11 GMT, Andrey Turbanov <aturbanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

> A few classes in `java.net` package have non-final fields which could easily be marked `final`.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URL.java line 1592:

> 1590:      * A table of protocol handlers.
> 1591:      */
> 1592:     static final Hashtable<String,URLStreamHandler> handlers = new Hashtable<>();

Can you check if this can also be changed to be private?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15358#discussion_r1302829784