RFR: 8304425: ClassHierarchyResolver from Reflection [v5]
Chen Liang
liach at openjdk.org
Mon Mar 27 14:34:06 UTC 2023
> Add API to explore Class Hierarchy with a `ClassLoader` or a `Lookup` with proper privileges, with tests.
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> This addition is useful in case classes at runtime are not loaded from the system class loader, such as Proxy. This is also useful to APIs that generate bytecode with a `Lookup` object, such as a custom single-abstract-method class implementations from a method handle.
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> See https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/classfile-api-dev/2023-March/000249.html as well.
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> Current questions, which I wish to discuss with @asotona:
> 1. Should the resolver fail fast on `IllegalAccessException` from the lookup? This usually indicates the hierarchy resolver is set up improperly, and proceeding may simply yield verification errors in class loading that are hard to track. For bytecode-generating APIs, throwing access errors for the Lookup eagerly is also more preferable than later silent generation failure.
> 2. Whether the default resolver should be reading from jrt alone, reflection alone, or jrt then reflection. I personally believe reflection alone is more reliable, for classes may redefined with instrumentation or jfr, which may not be reflected in the system resources.
> 3. In addition, I don't think chaining system class loader reflection after system resource retrieval is really meaningful: is there any case where reflection always works while the system resource retrieval always fails?
Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
Update the class hierarchy resolver api as per mailing list last week
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13082/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13082/files/5e2ff7bf..655b0276
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=13082&range=04
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=13082&range=03-04
Stats: 174 lines in 4 files changed: 104 ins; 23 del; 47 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13082.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/13082/head:pull/13082
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13082
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