On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:01:50 GMT, Mandy Chung <mch...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> java.lang.reflect.Field::set on static field with invalid argument type >> should throw IAE. But this regression is introduced by JEP 416 throwing NPE >> instead. >> >> `ensureObj` is called as the first check of the `Field::set` method to >> ensure the receiver object is checked first before the argument. For a >> Field instance with write-access, the method handle invocation will check >> the receiver. Therefore for `Field::setXXX` methods to set a primitive >> value, `ensureObj` is only called if it's a read-only Field instance to >> ensure IllegalArgumentException is thrown first before >> IllegalAccessException to keep the existing behavior to avoid duplicated >> receiver check. > > Mandy Chung has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Improve the exception message when the type is not available Marked as reviewed by alanb (Reviewer). ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6490
