Why is almost everything in the API final

[Mario Torre]

On Tue, 2013-09-03 at 10:19 -0500, David Ray wrote:
> Final methods more so take the control out of the hands of the many developers, and places it in the hands of the API designers.
> If there is an issue, and demands are high - would we rather 
> 
> A. Report the issue and wait for the original API designer's development process to acknowledge, repair, and release a fix?
> 
> -or-
> 
> B. Report the issue to begin the above process, and improvise a workable workaround that let's a developer continue on with their work?
> 
> I too observed the advantages of being able to do this in SWING countless times…
> 
> Just a thought…
> 

In this case, since JavaFX is Free Software! you can actually suggest
the fix, prototype and propose the patch yourself, limiting the round
trip time substantially.

This also increases the chances to get a better fix in the end, since
more eyes are focusing on it.

Cheers,
Mario