src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java

*** 72,81 ****
--- 72,88 ----
          this.methodName     = Objects.requireNonNull(methodName, "Method name is null");
          this.fileName       = fileName;
          this.lineNumber     = lineNumber;
      }
  
+ 
+     /**
+      * Creates an empty stack frame element to be filled in by Throwable.
+      * @since 1.9
+      */
+     StackTraceElement() { }
+ 
      /**
       * Returns the name of the source file containing the execution point
       * represented by this stack trace element.  Generally, this corresponds
       * to the {@code SourceFile} attribute of the relevant {@code class}
       * file (as per <i>The Java Virtual Machine Specification</i>, Section