Review request JDK-8006562: findOwnMH in nashorn "objects" package should be cleaned up

[A. Sundararajan]

MethodHandles.lookup() to resolve 'private' methods of caller can not be 
passed across class loaders. "objects" package classes are loaded by a 
different loader and so MethodHandleFactory (runtime) class can not make 
use of "own" lookups and resolve private methods as method handles.

So  to create method handles of public methods, we use MH and 
publicLookup. We use direct jsr292 API call to create method handles on 
private methods.

-Sundar

On Friday 18 January 2013 05:50 PM, Marcus Lagergren wrote:
> +1 after explanations about public scope of MethodHandle lookup by Sundar.
>
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:14 PM, A. Sundararajan <sundararajan.athijegannathan at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review JDK-8006562:  findOwnMH in nashorn "objects" package should be cleaned up
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Sundar