RFR: 8265174: Update Class.getDeclaredMethods to discuss synthetic and bridge methods [v2]

Wed Apr 14 07:29:04 UTC 2021

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:56:11 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The results from Class.getDeclaredMethods can include bridge and other synthetic methods, which can be unexpected by users (JDK-6815786, JDK-8142904) and appear to be inherited methods. The javadoc for Class.getDeclaredMethods should be updated to explicitly mention the possibility of synthetic methods appearing.
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> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Add links to discussion in java.lang.reflect package javadoc.

Marked as reviewed by jfranck (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3477