Stateless traits & default interface methods question

[Millies, Sebastian]

Hi Matthew,

I've just tested this, and you'll get the implementation at time t1, i. e. the implementation as it is at runtime.
However, I don't know by what mechanism.

-- Sebastian

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Subject: Stateless traits & default interface methods question

_Note: This may be a FAQ.  RTFMs are fine._

I have a question about default interface methods, thinking in terms of stateless traits.

Assume at time t0 I define an interface I with a given default method implementation and class C implements I.  Later, at time t1, I modify the implementations of I's default methods _without_ recompiling C.  The next time that I execute a method on C that came from a default method on I, do I get I's implementation as it was at t0 or t1?

In other words, are default method implementations woven into classes at compile time, do classes delegate to the interface's default method implementation at runtime, or is it via some other mechanism?

-matthew
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