On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:50:06 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Update occurrences of the not-exactly-correct "interface method" to "invoked
>> method" because 3 Object methods are proxied too. In addition, update the
>> description about the declaring class of the method to be more accurate so
>> that it doesn't clash with the "duplicate method" section in Proxy.
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/InvocationHandler.java line 59:
>
>> 57: * the method invoked on the proxy instance; the declaring
>> 58: * class of the {@code Method} object may be a proxy interface,
>> 59: * one of their superinterfaces, or the {@code Object} class
>
> Hello Chen, would it be better to word that latter part of the sentence as:
>
>> the declaring class of the {@code Method} will either be one of the
>> interfaces implemented by the proxy instance, or one of their super
>> interfaces, or the {@code Object} class.
Hi Jai, the term "proxy interface" is defined in java.lang.reflect.Proxy,
together with "proxy instance":
> A <em>proxy class</em> is a class created at runtime that implements a
> specified
> list of interfaces, known as <em>proxy interfaces</em>. A <em>proxy
> instance</em>
> is an instance of a proxy class.
So I believe the term "proxy interface" makes sense when you have a "proxy
instance" in the context.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28024#discussion_r2473455829
