A valid method ID

[Roman Kennke]

Hi,

> For sake of profiling, I want to record some unique numberic ID for each
> method in the java code. I am modifying the JVM CPP interpreter  and was
> wondering about what value I should use as an ID that doesn't change
> throughout execution. I don't want to rely on method name + signature. For
> now, I use the jmethodID object address, I am not sure if it remains
> unchanged or not. 

According to the JNI spec it must not change as long as the
corresponding class is not unloaded and re-loaded.

/Roman

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