On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:21:36 GMT, Joe Darcy <da...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Whatever the motivation for how this method was coded when added in JDK 8, > since Executable is now a sealed class with Constructor and Method the only > allowed subclasses, getParameterCount can be coded as an normal abstract > method. (The implementation of getParameterCount in Method and Constructor > use fields private to each of those classes so the code cannot easily be > shared in Executable). > > Please also review the small accompanying CSR: > https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8288630 Note that the PR title actually needs to be ``Make<NBSP>`java.lang.reflect.Executable::getParameterCount()` actually<NBSP>abstract`` with `<NBSP>` being replaced by the `NO‑BREAK SPACE (U+00A0)` code point (<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>0</kbd><kbd>1</kbd><kbd>6</kbd><kbd>0</kbd>). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is because I use non‑breaking spaces a lot. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9192