On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:16:36 GMT, Alan Bateman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/ServiceLoader.java line 624:
>>
>>> 622: try {
>>> 623: ctor = clazz.getConstructor();
>>> 624: } catch (NoSuchMethodException | LinkageError e) {
>>
>> Hello Alan, unlike `Class.forName(...)` which specifies the `LinkageError`
>> from that method, the `Class.getConstructor()` doesn't currently specify
>> this error. Should that documentation be updated (as a separate work) to
>> specify this?
>
> There is discussion about that in a few JBS issues, esp. in the JDK 9 time
> frame and in the context of code using reflective guards to deal with
> optional dependences. I don't think there was a conclusion to change
> Class.getConstructor docs to align with existing behavior.
Thank you Alan, I'll read through those discussions. Looking more closely
through the test introduced in this PR, I now realize that the LinkageError
comes from a Constructor which isn't the no-arg Constructor being looked up
here.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30405#discussion_r3062613073
