RFR 8207814: (proxy) upgrade the proxy class generator

[Mandy Chung]

This is a good idea to explore.  We should keep this patch to focus on 
switching ASM.I will file a JBS issue for this suggestion.

Mandy

On 8/19/19 2:19 PM, Remi Forax wrote:
> A follow up should to use constant dynamic (introduce in Java 11) to get the j.l.r.Method object instead of pre-calculating all of them in the static init block.
> The idea is that a ldc on a constant dynamic with bootstrap method that takes a MethodHandle as parameter (as boostrap argument) can return the corresponding Method by using Lookup.revealDirect + reflectAs.
> The bootstrap method can be added to j.l.i.ConstantBootstraps
>
> This should consume less bytecode (the MethodHandle is directly encodable as a constant pool constant) and only creates the j.l.r.Method if the interface method is actually called.
>
> Rémi
>
> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Roger Riggs" <Roger.Riggs at oracle.com>
>> À: "core-libs-dev" <core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>> Envoyé: Vendredi 16 Août 2019 21:15:30
>> Objet: RFR 8207814: (proxy) upgrade the proxy class generator
>> Please review an enhancement to replace the java.lang.reflect.Proxy
>> class file generation.
>> The new generator uses ASM and generates stackmaps. The implementation
>> follows
>> the same structure as before but has many differences as it leverages
>> ASM for generating the bytecode.
>> A Combo test is included and two JMH based benchmarks.
>>
>> The ancient ProxyGenerator_15 implementation is temporarily retained
>> to allow comparisons of generated class files and performance.
>>
>> Issue:
>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207814
>>
>> Webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-upgrade-proxy-gen-8207814/
>>
>> (Upgrading bytecode generation is necessary for Valhalla but makes sense
>> for the main line.)
>>
>> Thanks, Roger