<Swing Dev> RFR JDK-8250850: Address reliance on default constructors in the javax.swing.plaf.metal APIs

[Sergey Bylokhov]

Hi, Prasanta.
Same typo here: "Constructs for subclasses to call."

On 15.08.2020 05:31, Prasanta Sadhukhan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Please review a fix for issue where it was seen that several classes rely on default constructors as part of their public API.
> 
> It's to be noted that "A no-arg public constructor is generated by the compiler for a class if it does not declare an explicit constructor. While convenient, this is inappropriate for many kinds of formal classes, both because the constructor will have no javadoc and because the constructor may be unintended."
> 
> For the JDK, classes intended to be used outside of the JDK, public classes in exported packages, should not rely on default constructors.
> 
> Proposed fix is to create protected constructors to the public abstract classes for javax.swing.plaf.metal module (as one part of overalll java.desktop change)
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8250850
> 
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psadhukhan/8250850/webrev.0/
> 
> CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251856
> 
> Regards
> Prasanta
> 


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Best regards, Sergey.