RFR: nestmates and methodhandles

[Stas Smirnov]

Copyrights are missing, I will include them in a changeset

On 01/03/16 15:42, Stas Smirnov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> so I decided to use testNG since there are a number of negative tests 
> that will be easier to track, please take a look.
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stsmirno/webrev.02
>
> On 25/02/16 20:49, Ryan Schmitt wrote:
>> If you're using a recent TestNG, just call Assert#assertThrows. Or, 
>> if you want the thrown exception back, call Assert#expectThrows. 
>> These methods work even with checked exceptions, and they allow you 
>> to be much more specific (compared to expectedExceptions) about where 
>> exactly the exception is supposed to come from, which helps prevent 
>> false positives in tests.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 6:39 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com 
>> <mailto:brian.goetz at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Can I suggest doing this in TestNG?  You'll be far more
>>     productive -- and failures are easier to debug.  You can use
>>     sophisticated asserts rather than just comparing to a golden
>>     file.  jtreg already supports TestNG tests.
>>
>>     For example, each of the negative tests (try-catch-assert
>>     expected) can be its own test method, and TestNG has a way to
>>     mark a test method as expected to throw an exception. So these
>>     could be written:
>>
>>         @Test(expectedExceptions = ClassNotFoundException.class)
>>         public void testProtectedMethodNeg() {
>>             inner.getSuperMethodMH(METHOD_NAME_PROTECTED);
>>         }
>>
>>     It's far more clear what's going on, and each one is its own test
>>     case, meaning that you can pinpoint a failure more easily.
>>
>>     Happy to help you get up to speed on TestNG if that helps.
>>
>>
>>     On 2/25/2016 8:12 AM, Stas Smirnov wrote:
>>
>>         Hello,
>>
>>         please review this set of tests to verify "parent-child"
>>         access using MethodHandle in terms of nestmates vm exploration.
>>         1. MethodHandleSubTop class contains methods to verify
>>         private/protected methods/fields of the "super" class using
>>         MethodHandle from a single one and double level of nesting
>>         using access static bridges and direct access in negative and
>>         positive test cases
>>         2. MethodHandleInheritTest executes a number of positive and
>>         negative test cases using MethodHandleSubTop methods
>>         it will allow us to verify current implementation and future,
>>         when access bridges will be removed and MethodHandle access
>>         checks will be modified.
>>
>>         webrev:
>>         http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stsmirno/nestmates/webrev.01
>>         <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Estsmirno/nestmates/webrev.01>
>>         Testing: RBT
>>
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Stanislav

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Best regards,
Stanislav