JEP proposed to target JDK 18: 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2021/10/19 11:51:24 -0700, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 18:
> 
>   416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles
>        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.
> 
> Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
> is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
> are raised by 23:59 UTC on Tuesday, 26 October, or if they’re raised
> and then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal
> [2] I’ll target this JEP to JDK 18.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 18.

- Mark