[FLINK-8933] Avoid calling Class#newInstance

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Later
• Assignee: vinoyang
• Reporter: Ted Yu
• Created: 13/Mar/18 02:45
• Updated: 27/Apr/21 18:06
• Resolved: 24/May/18 21:20

Description

Class#newInstance is deprecated starting in Java 9 - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6850612 - because it may throw undeclared checked exceptions.

The suggested replacement is getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance(), which wraps the checked exceptions in InvocationException.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6015
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6016