On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 23:04:40 GMT, Michael Strauß <mstra...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > There might be a very narrow use case (like debugging) when developer might > > need to extend to supply a custom `toString()` or some other method. > > From a high level design standpoint, I do agree with making these classes > > final. > > Maybe, but that's not a sufficient reason to allow subclassing, as the same > could be said for all cases of encapsuluation and inheritance control. > Alternatives are: > > 1. Use the debugger to mark objects > 2. Use a tool to change method definitions at runtime > 3. Download OpenJFX and build it locally with the required changes 4. Copy/paste class without changing its package into your code and modify it (only works when not running with modules) -- it's so much faster to test changes this way than building JFX. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1587#issuecomment-2397194776
