[vtkusers] Bug in vtk java wrapper

[David Cole]

Do you have a recommendation about how to fix this?
Is there a way to label a java class as abstract so that it cannot be 
instantiated? (i.e. - "new vtkAbstractClass();" would be a java compile 
failure...)

Thanks,
David

Ali - wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Running the following java code causes an error detected by hotspot 
> virtual machine:
>
> vtkPointSet obj = new vtkPointSet();
> obj.GetMTime();
>
> The reason is that vtkJavaGetPointerFromObject() in vtkJavaUtil 
> returns NULL and the generated JNI wrapper does not validate the 
> pointer. This error happens when the class and/or at least one of the 
> cuper classes are abstract. I understand that the user does not need 
> to create an abstract class, but, this bug is annoying.
>
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