<Swing Dev> [jdk17] RFR: 8269269: [macos11] SystemIconTest fails with ClassCastException

Wed Jun 30 04:20:02 UTC 2021

On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 02:54:21 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <serb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> But you cannot change the return type later, so all these instanceof+casts will be there forever.

Well, if there is a reason the API can be amended in the future version of Java. It is not cast in stone. Yes, it will require some justification, but if justification is provided then API can be changed.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/178