RFR 9 JDK-8180075: Javadoc of MethodHandles.Lookup::bind should note the difference from MethodHandle::bindTo introduced by JDK-8177146

Ron Pressler ron.pressler at oracle.com
Wed May 10 20:46:14 UTC 2017


Hi.
Please review the following doc-only patch.

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8180075

There is no change in specification, only an elaboration on a note.

Ron

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diff -r fc53a0468c1f 
src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java 
Fri Apr 14 00:05:54 2017 -0700
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java 
Wed May 10 20:38:05 2017 +0000
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@
           * (If the trailing array argument is the only argument,
           * the given receiver value will be bound to it.)
           * <p>
-         * This is equivalent to the following code:
+         * This is almost equivalent to the following code, with some 
differences noted below:
           * <blockquote><pre>{@code
  import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
  import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
@@ -1673,7 +1673,10 @@
           * where {@code defc} is either {@code receiver.getClass()} or 
a super
           * type of that class, in which the requested method is accessible
           * to the lookup class.
-         * (Note that {@code bindTo} does not preserve variable arity.)
+         * (Unlike {@code bind}, {@code bindTo} does not preserve 
variable arity.
+         * Also, {@code bindTo} may throw a {@code ClassCastException} 
in instances where {@code bind} would
+         * throw a {@code IllegalAccessException}, as in the case where 
the member is {@code protected} and
+         * the receiver is restricted by {@code findVirtual} to the 
lookup class.)
           * @param receiver the object from which the method is accessed
           * @param name the name of the method
           * @param type the type of the method, with the receiver 
argument omitted




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