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Type: Enhancement
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: P4
Fix Version/s: 21
Affects Version/s: 8
Component/s: tools
Labels:
- javac-lint
- release-note=yes

Subcomponent:
javac
Resolved In Build:
b15
CPU:

generic
OS:

generic

One of the coding guidelines from "Effective Java" and elsewhere is to not call overridable methods from a constructor. A compiler is an in excellent position to perform this kind of check.

The Java Specialists newsletter reports instance of this coding pattern in the JDK codebase:

www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue210.html

csr for

JDK-8299995 Add lint check for calling overridable methods from a constructor

Closed

relates to

JDK-8310067 Restore javac manpage updates

Resolved

JDK-8325189 Enable this-escape javac warning in java.base

Resolved

JDK-6557145 Warn about calling abstract methods in constructors

Resolved

JDK-8325266 Enable this-escape javac warning in jdk.javadoc

Resolved

JDK-8325263 Address this-escape lint warnings java.base (umbrella)

JDK-8317336 Assertion error thrown during 'this' escape analysis

Resolved

JDK-8317818 Combinatorial explosion during 'this' escape analysis

Resolved

JDK-8304443 bootcycle builds fail after JDK-8015831

Closed

JDK-6563143 javac should issue a warning for overriding equals without hashCode

Closed

links to

Commit openjdk/jdk/8f5bb538

Review openjdk/jdk/11874

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Assignee:: Archie Cobbs
Reporter:: Joe Darcy
Votes:: 0 Vote for this issue
Watchers:: 9 Start watching this issue

Created:: 2013-06-03 10:56
Updated:: 2024-02-05 12:57
Resolved:: 2023-03-17 15:07

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