java.net.InetAddress should be a sealed class

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    • Type: Sub-task
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: P3
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    • Affects Version/s: 19
    • Component/s: core-libs
    • b16

      The java.net.InetAddress has no public constructors, and only two subclasses in the same package, Inet4Address and Inet6Address, which are final.
      InetAddress can be made a sealed abstract class that permits only Inet4Address and Inet6Address to extend.

            Assignee:
            Aleksej Efimov
            Reporter:
            Daniel Fuchs
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