--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/beans/decoder/DocumentHandler.java	2016-11-07 10:47:22.003786434 -0800
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/beans/decoder/DocumentHandler.java	2016-11-07 10:47:21.879786434 -0800
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@
     public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
         ElementHandler parent = this.handler;
         try {
-            this.handler = getElementHandler(qName).newInstance();
+            this.handler =
+                getElementHandler(qName).getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             this.handler.setOwner(this);
             this.handler.setParent(parent);
         }