Re: Superclasses for inline classes

[Dan Smith]

> On Feb 12, 2020, at 11:41 AM, Remi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
> 
> a garbage class like java.util.Collections (with an 's' at the end) validate 
> all the conditions but should not have an abstract constructor.

Why not? If identity classes can extend it, and it has no state/initialization, 
why not inline classes too?

(In reality, this particular class has chosen to actively prevent subclassing 
and instantiation by declaring a private constructor; it wouldn't qualify):

public class Collections {
    // Suppresses default constructor, ensuring non-instantiability.
    private Collections() {
    }