src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java

@@ -80,14 +80,10 @@
     // always succeed (it is not affected by the granting or revoking
     // of permissions); we speed up the check in the common case by
     // remembering the last Class for which the check succeeded.
     private volatile Class securityCheckCache;
 
-    // Modifiers that can be applied to a constructor in source code
-    private static final int LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS =
-        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE;
-
     // Generics infrastructure
     // Accessor for factory
     private GenericsFactory getFactory() {
         // create scope and factory
         return CoreReflectionFactory.make(this, ConstructorScope.make(this));

@@ -357,11 +353,11 @@
      * constructor has default (package) access.
      */
     public String toString() {
         try {
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
+            int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.constructorModifiers();
             if (mod != 0) {
                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
             }
             sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()));
             sb.append("(");

@@ -421,11 +417,11 @@
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public String toGenericString() {
         try {
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
+            int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.constructorModifiers();
             if (mod != 0) {
                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
             }
             TypeVariable<?>[] typeparms = getTypeParameters();
             if (typeparms.length > 0) {