In J2SE 1.3, the javax.rmi.CORBA.Stub class has the followin gprotected constructor.

OLD:
    /**
     * Creates an RMI-IIOP stub and sets its delegate if necessary.
     */
    protected Stub()
NEW:
None.

The Java to IDL (ptc/00-01-08, formal/99-07-57) specifications from the OMG do not call for this constructor. Furthermore, the class is declared abstract. It's constructor is only called during instantiation of objects belonging to its concrete subtypes for initialization purposes. The actual initialization, performed in the static block is sufficient.

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###@###.### 2001-12-11

Fixed Verified OK

With Build:
j2sdk-1_4_0-rc-bin-b89-solsparc-06_dec_2001

By Code Inspection:
/java/re/jdk/1.4.0/promoted/latest/ws/j2se/src/share/classes/javax/rmi/CORBA/Stub.java

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