JDK 8 code review request for 8005042 Add Method.isDefault to core reflection

Louis Wasserman lowasser at google.com
Wed Dec 19 00:15:58 UTC 2012


Could we say that, in so many words, in the Javadoc?


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:12 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>wrote:

> On 19/12/2012 8:40 AM, Louis Wasserman wrote:
>
>> It's not 100% obvious to me whether this refers to a default
>> implementation
>> in an interface, a class which inherits that default implementation and
>> does not override it, or both.  Is that worth clarifying in the doc,
>> rather
>> than forcing readers to check the JLS citation?
>>
>
> The issue is where you obtained this Method reference from:
>
> - from the Interface? then it is a default method
> - from a class implementing the interface but not redefining the method?
> then it is a default method
> - from a class implementing the interface and redefining the method? then
> it is NOT a default method.
>
> David
> -----
>
>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Joe Darcy<joe.darcy at oracle.com>  wrote:
>>
>>  Mandy and Jim,
>>>
>>> I'll correct the typos before I push.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the careful review,
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/18/2012 01:21 PM, Mandy Chung wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 12/18/12 12:43 PM, Joe Darcy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please review these changes to add core reflection support to recognize
>>>>> default methods:
>>>>>
>>>>>      8005042 Add Method.isDefault to core reflection
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~****darcy/8005042.0/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**darcy/8005042.0/>
>>>>> <http://cr.**openjdk.java.net/~darcy/**8005042.0/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/8005042.0/>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Looks good to me.
>>>>
>>>> For the test:
>>>>     56   System.err.printf("ERROR: On %s expected isDefualt of ''%s'';
>>>> got
>>>> ''%s''.\n",
>>>>     57                     method.toString(), expected, actual);
>>>>
>>>> A typo 'isDefualt' ->  'isDefault'.  This uses two single-quote
>>>> characters
>>>> to wrap the expected and actual value - is it intentional?  I was
>>>> wondering
>>>> that you meant to use one singe-quote character.
>>>>
>>>> Mandy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>


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Louis Wasserman



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