RFR: Lambda 8026213: Reflection support for private methods in interfaces

[Karen Kinnear]

David,

Thanks for the information. 
The VM side of this is 8011311 which pushed on 10/8 to jdk8 master to be part of JDK8b111.

thanks,
Karen

On Oct 10, 2013, at 5:06 AM, David Holmes wrote:

> Hi Karen,
> 
> On 10/10/2013 8:13 AM, Karen Kinnear wrote:
>> 
>> Please review:
>> 
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~acorn/8026213/webrev/
>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8026213
>> 
>> Summary:
>> Reflection generates code dynamically to speed up reflection processing after startup. The first
>> 15 runs of a reflection call  use the vm code path, after that we use the generated code path, which
>> needs to use invokespecial on private methods in interfaces.
> 
> Minor nit:
> 
>  30 import java.lang.reflect.*;
> 
> The approved style these days is to list the exact imports needed rather than rely on import-on-demand.
> 
> Otherwise change seems fine. Is the VM side of this already in place or does this need to sync with a VM change?
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> 
>> Tested:
>> Test attached to the bug
>> 
>> Also - all the 8011311 private method testing was run with this in the build:
>> Robert Field's TypeTest
>> 8025475 test
>> defmeth privatemethodstest with reflection
>> John Rose's intfbug
>> jtreg: java.util, java.lang
>> jck vm, lang
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Karen
>> 
>>