Class.getDeclaredMethods() is returning inherited methods

[Michael Rasmussen]

> On 7/01/2019 8:46 pm, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We recently discovered something similar, although with the native counterparts of getDeclaredMethods: the JVM-TI function GetClassMethods and the JDI method ReferenceType.methods().
> > The documentation for which states "Only directly declared methods are returned (not inherited methods)" or "(...) declared directly in this type. Inherited methods are not included."
> > 
> > When running the code pasted below with HotSpot (tried OpenJDK8 and 11), I get the following output:
> > [public abstract java.lang.String app1.Test$Child.method2()]
> > [public default java.lang.String app1.Test$Child.method(), public abstract java.lang.String app1.Test$Child.method2()]
> 
> This would appear to be a bug with JVM TI in how default methods are 
> accounted for. GetClassMethods simply looks at the methods defined in 
> the instanceKlass, but for interfaces default methods are included. I'll 
> look into this in more detail and file a hotspot bug.

An interesting thing is that it's not the default method "def" that is listed, but the abstract method "method" (with incorrect modifier?)

/Michael