RFR: 8263102: Expand documention of Method.isBridge [v4]
Brian Burkhalter
bpb at openjdk.java.net
Tue Mar 9 22:55:08 UTC 2021
On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 22:35:19 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> The existing documentation of Method.isBridge isn't terribly helpful to the reader. This RFE proposes to given a common example of how bridge methods are used. The JLS does *not* have a section discussing bridge methods in detail; bridge methods are a compilation technique for lowering the Java language to the JVM, they are not a language feature per se. The example given is not exhaustive; there can be and are other uses of bridge methods.
>>
>> Once the text is agreed to; I'll update the copyright year as well.
>
> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> Respond to review feedback.
src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java line 581:
> 579: * language semantics and JVM semantics.
> 580: *
> 581: * One example use of bridge methods is as technique for a
"a technique"
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2852
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