src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/font/LayoutPath.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 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

@@ -39,10 +39,16 @@
  * y is the offset.
  *
  * @since 1.6
  */
 public abstract class LayoutPath {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for subclasses to call.
+     */
+    public LayoutPath() {}
+
     /**
      * Convert a point in user space to a location relative to the
      * path. The location is chosen so as to minimize the distance
      * from the point to the path (e.g., the magnitude of the offset
      * will be smallest).  If there is more than one such location,