Re: [cp-patches] [Patch][gui] javax.swing.JTree

[Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>]

Hi,

On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 17:28 +0100, Michael Koch wrote:
> > > +    /**
> > > +     * XXX: Currently not implemented.
> > > +     */
> > > +    protected boolean hasChildren;
> >
> > Eh. What does it? If it isn't implemented, why do we have a dummy
> > field? (no more stubs!) Could you at least document that it always
> > returns false.
> 
> Its no stub. Its this way intentional. In our implementation it always 
> returns false but even this is not guaranteed as this field is not 
> used according to SUNs javadocs. The problem is that 2rd party 
> software might use it already. But they have to take care about the 
> value of the field themself.

Ugh. I see. How bogus.
We should explicitly state that in the documentation:

	* Currently not set or used by this class.
	* Don't depend on this field.
	* It might be used and set in later versions of this class.

Sigh,

Mark

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