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

[David Holmes]

On 15/11/2021 8:14 pm, Alan Bateman wrote:
> 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.

Apologies - the misunderstanding was mine.

David

> -Alan.