[9] RFR(S): 8153514: Whitebox API should allow compilation of <clinit>

[Tobias Hartmann]

Thanks, Igor!

Best regards,
Tobias

On 06.04.2016 13:38, Igor Ignatyev wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> looks good to me, thanks for implementing this.
> 
> Thanks,
> — Igor
>> On Apr 6, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Tobias Hartmann <tobias.hartmann at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Zoltan!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tobias
>>
>> On 06.04.2016 12:59, Zoltán Majó wrote:
>>> Hi Tobias,
>>>
>>>
>>> that looks good to me!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Zoltan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/06/2016 12:53 PM, Tobias Hartmann wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> please review the following patch that adds support to the Whitebox API to compile the static initializer of a class:
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153514
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8153514/webrev.root.00/
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8153514/webrev.00/
>>>>
>>>> The static initializer is not accessible through reflection and can therefore not be compiled by using the existing WhiteBox::enqueueMethodForCompilation feature.
>>>>
>>>> I did not add tests for the new feature because that would require implementing additional methods to check for a successful <clinit> compilation (or parsing the log compilation output). The feature will be exercised by JDK-8153515 which should be enough for testing.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Tobias
>>>
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