On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Edward Burns <edward.burns_at_oracle.com>wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:31:59 -0500, Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com>
> said:
>
> KM> Is there any reason UIComponent.getRenderer() is protected instead of
> KM> public? It'd be nice if it were public, especially when writing test
> code.
>
> Just your garden variety information hiding principles. Does anyone
> else want this? It seems a pity to add a new public method just for
> testing purposes. At this point, we must undertake the addition of new
> API with the greatest care and moderation.
>
Understood, but why does this information need to be hidden?
>
> Ed
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