Re: 15 RFR(XS): 8165276: Spec states that invoke the premain method in an agent class if it's public but implementation differs

[David Holmes]

On 24/06/2020 7:43 pm, Alan Bateman wrote:
On 24/06/2020 10:26, David Holmes wrote:


If we call setAccessible(true) then canAccess will return true.
Sure but the bug fix will remove the setAccessible(true) so canAccess 
will do what he wants without needing to catch the exception. This is of 
course all a side show to the important issue of aligning the spec and 
implementation.

But you are ignoring my next statement. If we remove the 
setAccessible(true) then the premain method will not be accessible as 
Serguei reported.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalAccessException: class 
sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl
  (in module java.instrument) cannot access a member of class 
SimpleAgent with modifiers "public static"

I feel we are talking past each other on this issue with regards to the 
IllegalAcessError that comes from the module system.

David
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-Alan