RFR (M): JDK-8004967 - Default method cause java.lang.VerifyError: Illegal use of nonvirtual function call
Bharadwaj Yadavalli
bharadwaj.yadavalli at oracle.com
Wed Jan 16 18:35:47 UTC 2013
Please review the change at
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bharadwaj/8004967/webrev/
Default interface methods are new in Java 8. VM creates overpass methods
in the vtable slots of classes to invoke a default method using
invokespecial.
Consequently, invocation of default interface methods (i.e., overpass
methods in the VM) via invokespecial is legal and should not be flagged
as illegal.
In short, this change allows invocation of default methods of Java 8
using invokespecial.
I ran JCK (vm, lang, api) tests, runThese and vm.quicklist with no new
failures.
Thanks,
Bharadwaj
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