Consider changing return type of DefaultMutableTreeNode.children

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Priority: P4
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    • Affects Version/s: 9
    • Component/s: client-libs
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      To improve source compatibility, after the initial generification of swing (), the return type of TreeNode.children was refined to allow covariant overrides (JDK-8054360). However, DefaultMutableTreeNode.children still returns Enumeration<TreeNode> rather than Enumeration<? extends TreeNode>. The latter would allow subclasses to return more precise information.

      See the discussion thread:
      http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2014-September/001295.html

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            Joe Darcy
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            Joe Darcy
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