I've added a `java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.TRACE_CALLSITE` property to show how invokedynamic call sites are resolved.
For example: public class StrConcat { static String hello = "Hello"; static String world = "World"; public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println(hello + world); System.out.println(hello + "World"); } } $ java -Djava.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.TRACE_CALLSITE=true -cp . StrConcat ======== CallSite: StrConcat.main(StrConcat.java:5) BSM = java.base/java.lang.invoke.StringConcatFactory.makeConcatWithConstants(StringConcatFactory.java:354) target class = java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle$Species_L target = (String,String)String : BMH.reinvoke=Lambda(a0:L/SpeciesData[L => Species_L],a1:L,a2:L)=>{ t3:L=Species_L.argL0(a0:L); t4:L=MethodHandle.invokeBasic(t3:L,a1:L,a2:L);t4:L} & BMH=[ 0: MethodHandle = {(Object,Object)String : DMH.invokeStatic=Lambda(a0:L,a1:L,a2:L)=>{ t3:L=DirectMethodHandle.internalMemberName(a0:L); t4:L=MethodHandle.linkToStatic(a1:L,a2:L,t3:L);t4:L} & DMH.MN=java.lang.StringConcatHelper.simpleConcat(Object,Object)String/invokeStatic } ] HelloWorld ======== CallSite: StrConcat.main(StrConcat.java:6) BSM = java.base/java.lang.invoke.StringConcatFactory.makeConcatWithConstants(StringConcatFactory.java:354) target class = java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle$Species_LL target = (String)String : invoke=Lambda(a0:L/SpeciesData[LL => BoundMethodHandle$Species_LL],a1:L)=>{ t2:L=BoundMethodHandle$Species_LL.argL1(a0:L); t3:L=BoundMethodHandle$Species_LL.argL0(a0:L); t4:L=MethodHandle.invokeBasic(t3:L,a1:L,t2:L);t4:L} & BMH=[ 0: MethodHandle = {(Object,Object)String : DMH.invokeStatic=Lambda(a0:L,a1:L,a2:L)=>{ t3:L=DirectMethodHandle.internalMemberName(a0:L); t4:L=MethodHandle.linkToStatic(a1:L,a2:L,t3:L);t4:L} & DMH.MN=java.lang.StringConcatHelper.simpleConcat(Object,Object)String/invokeStatic } 1: ( World ) ] HelloWorld More complex examples are in the JBS bug report - https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/101170/eclipse-ide-log.txt - https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/101168/lambda-expression.txt - https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/101174/pattern-matching-switch.txt - https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/101169/str-concat.txt ------------- Commit messages: - also print the BSM - cleaned up code; added comments; avoid using indy inside TRACE_CALLSITE; avoid interleaving output - 8295537: Debug tracing for resolved dynamic call sites Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10842/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=10842&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8295537 Stats: 127 lines in 6 files changed: 114 ins; 0 del; 13 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10842.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/10842/head:pull/10842 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10842