> On 10 May 2017, at 13:46, Ron Pressler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
+1
Paul.
> Ron
>
> ----
>
> 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
>
>
