On Wed, 22 May 2024 19:48:49 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I really see no reason to try and save on re-use of this one-line method for
>> _everything_. In fact, I do not quite see a very compelling reason to even
>> have the utility method. Sharing the code between `Method` and `Constructor`
>> is clean enough and provides a good balance between reuse and cleanliness.
>> Everything else can have the copy of the method definition, if needed.
>
> Alternatively, if a utility method is overkill, we can inline these to
> `Executable`:
>
> public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
> var shared = getSharedParameterTypes();
> return shared.length == 0 ? shared : shared.clone();
> }
>
> And the overrides in `Method` and `Constructor` will simply call super; the
> declarations are kept to preserve the API documentation.
I had to read JLS to confirm that changing the `abstract` method to
non-abstract one does not break compatibility.
I am still thinking that we are overthinking this: the
readability/maintainability benefits for introducing a one-liner utility method
are slim at best. I believe we are spending the disproportionate time on this.
So if we cannot agree where to put the utility method -- which implies there is
no good place for it -- let's not do it at all. Inline the ternary selector in
4 affected places, and be done with it.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19327#discussion_r1611304563
