On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:27:53 GMT, SWinxy <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> New documentation replaces the `This value can be null.`:
>
> When created, {@link #invalidate() invalidated}, or {@link #reset() reset},
> this becomes {@code null}. To get out of the null state,
> {@link #getBounds()} called with {@link #npoints} being greater than
> {@code 0} will transfer into a non-null {@link Rectangle}.
>
>
> I think I've got the reason for why it can be `null` correct, but you never
> know.
>
> In javax.swing.text.html.Map, I've replaced setting the field to null with
> the equivalent #invalidate(). This may mean we can make the field private in
> the future.
This pull request has been closed without being integrated.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10417
