8336300: DateFormatSymbols#getInstanceRef returns non-cached instance

Reviewed-by: joehw, iris, jlu, aturbanov

src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DateFormatSymbols.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2024, 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
@@ -351,20 +351,6 @@ public static final DateFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale) {
         throw new RuntimeException("DateFormatSymbols instance creation failed.");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a DateFormatSymbols provided by a provider or found in
-     * the cache. Note that this method returns a cached instance,
-     * not its clone. Therefore, the instance should never be given to
-     * an application.
-     */
-    static final DateFormatSymbols getInstanceRef(Locale locale) {
-        DateFormatSymbols dfs = getProviderInstance(locale);
-        if (dfs != null) {
-            return dfs;
-        }
-        throw new RuntimeException("DateFormatSymbols instance creation failed.");
-    }
-
     private static DateFormatSymbols getProviderInstance(Locale locale) {
         LocaleProviderAdapter adapter = LocaleProviderAdapter.getAdapter(DateFormatSymbolsProvider.class, locale);
         DateFormatSymbolsProvider provider = adapter.getDateFormatSymbolsProvider();

src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java

@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ public SimpleDateFormat(String pattern, Locale locale)
 
         initializeCalendar(locale);
         this.pattern = pattern;
-        this.formatData = DateFormatSymbols.getInstanceRef(locale);
+        formatData = DateFormatSymbols.getInstance(locale);
         this.locale = locale;
         initialize(locale);
     }
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ public SimpleDateFormat(String pattern, DateFormatSymbols formatSymbols)
         }
 
         this.pattern = pattern;
-        this.formatData = (DateFormatSymbols) formatSymbols.clone();
+        formatData = (DateFormatSymbols) formatSymbols.clone();
         this.locale = Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT);
         initializeCalendar(this.locale);
         initialize(this.locale);