RFR: 8220607 Draft JEP: Hidden Classes

[Mandy Chung]

On 12/6/19 2:51 PM, Brian Goetz wrote:
>
>> Another asymmetry between Lookup::defineClass and defineHiddenClass 
>> is the return value, Class vs Lookup.
>>
>> It's trivial to get the class from a Lookup object but we can't go 
>> the other way. If a framework wants to get Lookup from a hidden class 
>> it just defines (e.g. get a MethodHandle and invoke), if dHC returned 
>> a Class, the hidden class had to provide an entry point to return its 
>> Lookup object.  Such entry point has to be accessible to the 
>> framework but it has to be cautious in leaking its full-power Lookup.
>
> For the reasons you give, this asymmetry doesn't bother me.  Most 
> users of dC will want the class; users of dHC will generally _need_ 
> the lookup.
>
>>
>> I have considered adding Lookup::defineClassAsLookup(byte[] bytes, 
>> boolean initialize).   Lookup::defineClass was added in JDK 9.   I 
>> haven't seen any request to initialize the class. So I think it can 
>> be done as a separate enhancement.  I will file a JBS issue.
>
> I agree that this should be a separate enhancement. I'd like to see 
> this bit of unsafe removed too, but no need to hold up this train to 
> get to that one.
>

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8235521

Mandy