src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/sound/sampled/spi/FormatConversionProvider.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -50,10 +50,15 @@
  * @since 1.3
  */
 public abstract class FormatConversionProvider {
 
     /**
+     * Constructs a {@code FormatConversionProvider}.
+     */
+    protected FormatConversionProvider() {}
+
+    /**
      * Obtains the set of source format encodings from which format conversion
      * services are provided by this provider.
      *
      * @return array of source format encodings. If for some reason provider
      *         does not provide any conversion services, an array of length 0 is