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

@@ -72,10 +72,17 @@
         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