[8u$N] Request for phase approval for CR 8164908 ReflectionFactory support for IIOP and custom serialization

[Rob McKenna]

Approved

    -Rob

On 08/12/16 11:25, Roger Riggs wrote:
> Please approve the backport of enhancements to
> sun.reflect.ReflectionFactory[1] to facilitate
> the transition of custom serialization libraries to the strong encapsulation
> in JDK 9.
> 
> Issue:
>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8164908
> 
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-reflect-factory-8164908/
> 
> Review thread:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2016-November/006171.html
>   Reviewed by: chegar and  (offline) psandoz
> 
> The methods added to ReflectionFactory are used as replacements for the
> use of setAccessible to access private methods specific to serialization.
> 
> The risk is minimal for JDK 8.
>   The new methods have been implemented in JDK 9 and are used by the JDK 9
> IIOP implementation.
>   Tests for the new APIs are included in JDK 9 and are included in the
> backport.
>   To minimize risk to JDK 8, the IIOP implementation is not modified.
> 
> Thanks, Roger