Re: trySetAccessible​

[Jochen Theodorou]

On 11.07.2017 12:11, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 11/07/2017 10:16, Uwe Schindler wrote:
[...]
>>
>> But now it is impossible for us to check, if something is not open by
>> default.
> Module::getDescriptor will return the module descriptor for named
> modules. So in this case, Object.class.getModule().getDescriptor()
> returns the ModuleDescriptor for java.base so you can inspect the
> packages and which are exported and/or opened before being changed by
> runtime. So there is enough in the API to determine which packages have
> been opened at runtime (either via CLI options or APIs).

we need that on the level of a class member. Not every method in a class 
from an exported package is accessible or has been made accessible via 
runtime mechanisms.

bye Jochen