On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:52:51 GMT, Per Minborg <pminb...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectStreamConstants.java line 38: >> >>> 36: * Magic number that is written to the stream header. >>> 37: */ >>> 38: short STREAM_MAGIC = (short)0xaced; >> >> I'd prefer to retain the `static`, it is easier to read and not have to >> remember that this declaration is in an interface. > > I think the class should not be an interface in the first place but this is > hard to change now. Just because the static is not required does NOT mean it should be omitted!. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11848