On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 04:22:37 GMT, Alexander Zuev <kiz...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> No, the native code will fail to load the icon So what call will fail? Is the "sf.getIcon()" return null? in what line of code? >> But you cannot change the return type later, so all these instanceof+casts >> will be there forever. > >> But you cannot change the return type later, so all these instanceof+casts >> will be there forever. > > Well, if there is a reason the API can be amended in the future version of > Java. It is not cast in stone. Yes, it will require some justification, but > if justification is provided then API can be changed. Not in this case, you cannot change the public signature. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/178
