On 24/06/2020 10:57, David Holmes wrote:
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.
This is nothing to do with the module system. If you drop the
setAccessible(true) from JDK 6 or JDK 8 then you'll also get
IllegalAccessException when the member is not accessible.
I think the main thing that needs to be agreed here is whether to fix
the bug or change the spec. My view is that fixing the bug should be low
risk because (a) I've never seen an agent with a non-public premain
method, and (b) Agents typically have to update or release frequently
because of updates to the class file version. So yes, it would be a
behavioral compatibility issue taht requires CSR approval and requires
follow-up release notes to document the change.
-Alan
