RFR JDK-8233527: Update Lookup::hasPrivateAccess and Lookup::defineClass spec w.r.t. full power lookup

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Tue Nov 12 12:56:11 UTC 2019


On 11/11/2019 21:23, Mandy Chung wrote:
> This is a follow-up of JDK-8226916. Lookup::hasPrivateAccess intends 
> to test if this lookup is a full-power lookup; that is created by the 
> original caller class calling MethodHandles::lookup. The current 
> specification for Lookup::hasPrivateAccess returns true if the lookup 
> modes contain PRIVATE but it does not check MODULE bit.
>
> This patch also clarifies the capabilities w.r.t PRIVATE access and 
> full-power access. The security permission check is performed if the 
> Lookup is not a full power lookup and therefore Lookup::defineClass 
> spec should be updated to perform security permission check if the 
> security manager is present and this lookup refuses access, consistent 
> with other Lookup operations.
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk14/8233527/webrev.02/
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk14/8233527/specdiff/
>
> CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8233726
In the Lookup class description is has "Only lookups with both full 
privilege access posses the following capabilities". I assume "both" 
stems from an iteration that was going to both both PRIVATE and MODULE 
but I assume the word "both" should be removed now.

-Alan


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