--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java	2016-03-02 21:17:14.215597273 -0500
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java	2016-03-02 21:17:14.046671795 -0500
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@
         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