New candidate JEP: 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles
mark.reinhold at oracle.com
mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Thu Aug 5 17:59:02 UTC 2021
https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/416
Summary: Reimplement java.lang.reflect.Method, Constructor, and Field
on top of java.lang.invoke method handles. Making method handles the
underlying mechanism for reflection will reduce the maintenance and
development cost of both the java.lang.reflect and java.lang.invoke
APIs.
- Mark
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