A class is accessable from another?

[陈雨亭]

Hi, Ioi,

In fact I raised the similar question two months ago:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-runtime-dev/2015-October/016082.html

But at that time a private inner class
sun/java2d/pisces/PiscesRenderingEngine$2 (corresponding to
private static enum NormMode {OFF, ON_NO_AA, ON_WITH_AA}) is put in
the "main" method. Still, JDK complains, but IBM's SDK
does not. It seems that some JVMs may omit these
inaccessable classes even if they are in the main method.

Regards,
Yuting

-----Original Message----- 
From: 陈雨亭
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 8:21 PM
To: hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net ; ioi.lam at oracle.com
Subject: Re: A class is accessable from another?

Thank you, Ioi.

(1) I rechecked the code. HotSpot complains when I put
java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder to any method (e.g., run()), while
J9 complains only when I put java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder to
the "main" method. Indeed, they take different strategies, although
they should be some compatible to each other.

So, should HotSpot complain if the class AbstractStringBuilder is not
accessable at runtime? I guess AbstractStringBuilder is still usable
(and it also has no effects to the main method) because in JVM
specification,
"5.4.3.1 Class and Interface Resolution",

To resolve an unresolved symbolic reference from D to a class or interface C
denoted
by N, the following steps are performed:
1. The defining class loader of D is used to create a class or interface
denoted by
N. This class or interface is C. The details of the process are given in
§5.3.
Any exception that can be thrown as a result of failure of class or
interface
creation can thus be thrown as a result of failure of class and interface
resolution.
2. If C is an array class and its element type is a reference type, ...
3. Finally, access permissions to C are checked.
• If C is not accessible (§5.4.4) to D, class or interface resolution
throws an
IllegalAccessError.
...
If steps 1 and 2 succeed but step 3 fails, C is still valid and usable.

(2) Thank you for your answer. GraphicsPrimitive$TraceReporter
has been changed to "implement Runnable".

Yuting