record components as a first class reflection element

[Vicente Romero]

On 9/24/19 8:38 PM, John Rose wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Vicente Romero <vicente.romero at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/24/19 4:07 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
>>> Question - should RecordComponent extend java.lang.reflect.Member (after all, it has a name and a type). Not 100% sure.
>> good question, I would say yes, we can say that record components are members of the class, but I'm not 100% sure either
> Turning this crank once more, I’d say that the presence of isVarArgs and the generic
> string as queries is evidence that we are looking at this factoring:
>
>     (RecordComponent | Method | Constructor) <: Executable <: (AccessibleObject & Member & GenericDeclaration)

at first glance, RecordComponent <: Executable doesn't feel right to me 
even if there are common members
>
> In this account, “Method getAccessor” would become either unnecessary, or a low-level sideshow.
>
> (Raising the question:  Should the jlr.Method of an RC be synthetic, or should the same API point
> be reflected in two places?)
>
> — John
Vicente