RFR: 8271820: Implementation of JEP 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handle [v16]

[Alan Bateman]

On 15/11/2021 09:48, David Holmes wrote:
> I think there may be a misunderstanding here, AFAICS they are using 
> reflection to remove the final-ness of a field in their own classes, 
> not modifying anything in Class or Field.

That's the outcome. To get there, they call a private method 
getDeclaredFields0 on j.l.Class and also change the value of the private 
"modifiers" field in jlr.Field. It's just not tenable to hack into 
private members like this. Martin seems to have done the right thing and 
removed it.

-Alan.