[HBASE-20180] Avoid Class::newInstance

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Labels: error-prone
• Assignee: Mike Drob
• Reporter: Mike Drob
• Created: 13/Mar/18 01:34
• Updated: 28/Mar/18 02:50
• Resolved: 15/Mar/18 02:05

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 will wrap the checked exceptions in InvocationException.

There's even an error-prone warning about it, we should promote that to error while we're fixing this.