On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 21:25:20 GMT, Joe Darcy <da...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> The existing documentation of Method.isBridge isn't terribly helpful to the 
> reader. This RFE proposes to given a common example of how bridge methods are 
> used. The JLS does *not* have a section discussing bridge methods in detail; 
> bridge methods are a compilation technique for lowering the Java language to 
> the JVM, they are not a language feature per se. The example given is not 
> exhaustive; there can be and are other uses of bridge methods.
> 
> Once the text is agreed to; I'll update the copyright year as well.

I suggest briefly mentioning generic specialization as an example as well.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2852

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