On 5/21/18 8:41 PM, David Holmes wrote:
Class.java
3988 Class<?>[] members = getNestMembers0();
If the above fails with any LinkageError, what is the expected
behavior if Class::getNestMembers() is called the second time? will
it throw the same LinkageError?
Based on the implementation it should throw the same error. We use
constant-pool resolution to locate the member classes so if resolution
fails then it must continue to fail for the same reason per the JVMS
rules.
Are you thinking that getNestMembers() should say something about this?
That matches what I interpret from the spec. I just want to confirm.
It'd be good to have a test to cover that.
Regarding Alan's and Peter's comment on the spec clarification on
primitive type and array type, it is reasonable to take a pass on all
reflection APIs and make the text explicit consistently if this class
is a primitive type and array type. I will file an issue to track
this. Class::getModifiers does return the modifier of the component
type whereas Class::getEnclosingClass returns null if this class is
an array type even if the component type has an enclosing class.
Clarification would help developers.
Thanks. I will add the small clarification that Alan requested on
getNestHost().
That works too.
thanks
Mandy
