RFR: 8208752: Calling a deserialized Lambda might fail with ClassCastException [v5]

[Jan Lahoda]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 20:55:44 GMT, Liam Miller-Cushon <cushon at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> See [JDK-8208752: Calling a deserialized Lambda might fail with ClassCastException](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8208752).
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>> Lambda deserialization currently does not consider `SerializedLambda#getInstantiatedMethodType` when deserializing lambdas, which can lead to method references that differ only in `getInstantiatedMethodType` being merged into the same lambda instance, and can result in `ClassCastException`s like the one reported in the bug.
>> 
>> This depends on the fix for [JDK-8374654: Inconsistent handling of lambda deserialization for Object method references on interfaces](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8374654) in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/29075.
>
> Liam Miller-Cushon has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 15 commits:
> 
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into JDK-8208752
>  - Merge branch 'JDK-8374654' into JDK-8208752
>  - Test cleanup
>  - Updates for --debug=dumpLambdaDeserializationStats
>  - Merge branch 'JDK-8374654' into JDK-8208752
>  - Use --debug=dumpLambdaDeserializationStats in test
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into JDK-8374654
>  - Merge branch 'JDK-8374654' into JDK-8208752
>  - Only resolve object methods on interfaces
>  - Update test
>  - ... and 5 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/37b49b29...3a224b0c

LGTM.

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Marked as reviewed by jlahoda (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28943#pullrequestreview-3774311246