[LANG-234] [Lang] What to do with FastDateFormat unused private constructors

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0

Environment

Operating System: All
Platform: All

• Bugzilla Id: 19296
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 25/Apr/03 05:35
• Updated: 10/Mar/11 22:30
• Resolved: 16/May/06 12:40

Description

The class org.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat compiles with the
following warnings (eclipse 2.1). Should these methods be:

(1) removed?
(2) commented out?
(3) Javadoc'ed with comments as to why the constructors are private.

(Sean, Brian?) Please advise, thanks,
Gary

Kind Status Priority Description Resource In Folder
Location
Warning The private constructor FastDateFormat(String) is
never used locally FastDateFormat.java Apache Jakarta
Commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/time line 581
Warning The private constructor FastDateFormat(String,
TimeZone) is never used locally FastDateFormat.java Apache Jakarta
Commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/time line 590
Warning The private constructor FastDateFormat(String,
TimeZone, Locale) is never used locally FastDateFormat.java Apache
Jakarta Commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/time line 617
Warning The private constructor FastDateFormat(String,
Locale) is never used locally FastDateFormat.java Apache Jakarta
Commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/time line 598
Warning The private constructor FastDateFormat(String,
DateFormatSymbols) is never used locally FastDateFormat.java
Apache Jakarta Commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/time line
607