Github user mxm commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/960#discussion_r36837638 --- Diff: flink-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/java/typeutils/TypeExtractor.java --- @@ -1328,24 +1329,29 @@ else if(typeHierarchy.size() <= 1) { List<Method> methods = getAllDeclaredMethods(clazz); for (Method method : methods) { if (method.getName().equals("readObject") || method.getName().equals("writeObject")) { - LOG.info("Class "+clazz+" contains custom serialization methods we do not call."); + LOG.info(clazz+" contains custom serialization methods we do not call."); return null; } } // Try retrieving the default constructor, if it does not have one // we cannot use this because the serializer uses it. + Constructor defaultConstructor = null; try { - clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(); + defaultConstructor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { if (clazz.isInterface() || Modifier.isAbstract(clazz.getModifiers())) { - LOG.info("Class " + clazz + " is abstract or an interface, having a concrete " + + LOG.info(clazz + " is abstract or an interface, having a concrete " + "type can increase performance."); } else { - LOG.info("Class " + clazz + " must have a default constructor to be used as a POJO."); + LOG.info(clazz + " must have a default constructor to be used as a POJO."); return null; } } + if(defaultConstructor != null && (defaultConstructor.getModifiers() & Modifier.PUBLIC) == 0) { --- End diff -- `if(defaultConstructor != null && Modifier.isPublic(defaultConstructor.getModifiers())` seems to be more readable to me but your approach is fine too.
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