RFR: 8338471: Refactor Method::get_new_method() for better NoSuchMethodError handling

Dean Long dlong at openjdk.org
Thu Sep 5 22:24:48 UTC 2024


On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 18:56:19 GMT, Matias Saavedra Silva <matsaave at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch cleans up the use of `get_new_method()` so callers don't have to worry about throwing `NoSuchMethodError`. The method is refactored to throw the error and avoid ever returning nullptr. Verified with tier1-5 tests.

In particular, compilers could get confused because the method signature is different from what the caller expects.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20874#issuecomment-2332730075


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