RFR: 8287442: Reduce list to array conversions in java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles [v2]

[liach]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 15:19:44 GMT, Сергей Цыпанов <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>> The clone is needed - as the `List<Class<?>>` may be a custom implementation of List - so you cannot make any assumption on the concrete implementation of `toArray`.
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> But we can make an assumption on the behavior of particular method and the JavaDoc is clear about it. If a user passes an incorrect implementation of the `List` interface then it's their own responsibility.

We can't rule out malicious code holding the array reference it returns in toArray and updates that array to cause damage.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8923