RFR 8129215: com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.Introspector may provide results inconsistent with the JavaBeans Introspector

[Alan Bateman]

On 19/06/2015 12:38, Jaroslav Bachorik wrote:
>
> Both the j.b.Introspector.getReadMethod() and the 
> SimpleIntrospector.getReadMethod() are used only from 
> c.s.j.m.Introspector.elementFromComplex() method and only to resolve 
> the getter for a complex attribute.
>
> So, any change in the SimpleIntrospector will not affect the rest of 
> the JMX system.
>
> Given this statement in the Monitoring javadocs 
> (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/management/monitor/package-summary.html)
>
> "If the above rules do not produce a value, and if introspection, as 
> if by calling Introspector.getBeanInfo, for the class of v 
> (v.getClass()) identifies a property with the name e, then x is the 
> result of reading the property value."
>
> I would strongly propose to adjust the SimpleIntrospector to closely 
> follow the j.b.Introspector functionality.
>
I added the SimpleIntrospector and also adjusted the above wording in 
the monitor package description to make it possible to have JMX in a 
compact Profile of Java SE that didn't have java.beans.

The intention was that the SimpleIntrospector works like the beans 
Introspector. So I agree this is the right thing to do but we should 
create a bug for the issue that Daniel brings up.

-Alan.