On 30. August 2013 at 16:56:31, Nick Williams ([email protected]) wrote:
On Aug 30, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Alan Bateman wrote: > On 30/08/2013 15:01, Jörn Huxhorn wrote: >> Has there been a decision about a replacement for Reflection.getCallerClass >> in Java 8? >> >> The last info I know of is that it will be reactivated in j7u40 but will be >> gone in j8. >> >> There has also been some discussion about doing a proper public API since >> all alternatives are way slower. >> >> The latest mail I'm aware of is >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-July/019488.html >> >> What's the state of this discussion? >> > You are on the right list. Mandy Chung is planning to re-start the discussion > with a proposal very soon. And I have a patch that I will be proposing over the weekend. Nick Ah, nice. Thanks. :) Just wanted to make sure that something is still going on. A j8 without a good solution would be a nightmare… Jörn
