RFR 8169435 : ClassLoader.isParallelCapable is final and conflicting method may get VerifyError

[Alan Bateman]

On 11/11/2016 10:46, Vladimir Ivanov wrote:
> Alan,
>
> I've looked through the current thread and also review thread [1] for 
> original change (8165793), but haven't found any discussion why making 
> it static (instead of instance final) is undesirable.
>
> Can you shed some light on it? Is it mainly usability concern 
> (loader.isParallelCapable() vs ClassLoader.isParallelCapable(loader))?
I assume you mean to address this to Brent rather than me, but yes, an 
instance method would be nicer (if we can get away with it).

-Alan.