On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:32:39 GMT, Сергей Цыпанов
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/DelegatingMethodHandle.java
>> line 192:
>>
>>> 190:
>>> 191: /* Placeholder class for DelegatingMethodHandles generated ahead
>>> of time */
>>> 192: static final class Holder {}
>>
>> For the four `Holder` classes in `java.lang.invoke`, the class is generated
>> when running jlink via `java.lang.invoke.GenerateJLIClassesHelper`. To stay
>> in sync with the definition you'd have to update that code. Also, since
>> these `Holder` classes will only contain static methods and are never
>> instantiated then I'm not sure it matters whether the classes are static or
>> not.
>
> I'll just revert them
For static methods, since in java language you cannot declare static method in
instance inner classes, I'd say making them static makes more sense
language-wise. Also making them static reduces compiler synthetic instance
field and constructors.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2589
