AccessbileObject setAccessible array version vs non-array version

[Alan Bateman]

On 10/12/2016 09:13, Jochen Theodorou wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> motivated by the recent "Java 9 build 148 causes trouble in Apache 
> Lucene/Solr/Elasticsearch" thead, I thought I ask... there is 
> AcccessibleObject#setAccessible(boolean), which will ask the 
> SecurityManager for permissions and then make itself accessible 
> according to the boolean flag. the array version takes an array of 
> AccessibleObjects, asks the security manager *once* and then makes all 
> of them accessible. So if you are in need to make a lot of objects 
> accessible the array version is superior in performance.
>
> Now with jigsaw it is no longer a all or nothing for the class, now 
> single methods or fields may no longer be made accessible, even 
> without security manager. That means that even without a security 
> manager set using the array version on File for example will fail with 
> an exception (unless the module is opened from the command line, but 
> we should leave that out for now)
>
> My question now basically is the following... why is this method not 
> made deprecated? It is kind of useless now, even misleading I would say.
I'm not sure that I understand your mail. The permission check when 
running with a security manager has not changed. If you use the array 
version then there is one permission check.

Maybe you mean that the array version will fail when the array contains 
at least one element where the access check cannot be suppressed? That 
is possible of course. You mentioned File and maybe you mean you the 
array has a mix of public methods and non-public members and fields?

-Alan.