JVMCI: HotSpotObjectConstantImpl

[Doug Simon]

This class cannot be made public as it hides unsafe API, especially this method you’re referring to. You should use one of the asObject methods in jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotObjectConstant.  

-Doug

> On 19 Oct 2016, at 13:32, Juan Fumero <juan.fumero at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
>   is there any reason why the class HotSpotObjectConstantImpl is not
> public? As well as the method object() ? 
> 
> I want to access to its object value:
> 
> <code>
> Constant value = ... 
> if (value instanceof HotSpotObjectConstant) {
>   HotSpotObjectConstantImpl constantValue = (HotSpotObjectConstantImpl)
> value;
>   Object data = constantValue.object();
>   ...
> }
> </code>
> 
> 
> So in my own JVMCI version I made it public but just wondering if it
> could be public for future releases if it makes sense.
> 
> Thanks
> Juan
> 
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