On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:17:31 GMT, David M. Lloyd <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Issue [JDK-8164908](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8164908) added 
>> support for functionality required to continue to support IIOP and custom 
>> serializers in light of additional module-based restrictions on reflection. 
>> It was expected that these libraries would use `sun.misc.Unsafe` in order to 
>> access fields of serializable classes. However, with JEP 471, the methods 
>> necessary to do this are being removed.
>> 
>> To allow these libraries to continue to function, it is proposed to add two 
>> methods to `sun.reflect.ReflectionFactory` which will allow serialization 
>> libraries to acquire a method handle to generated `readObject`/`writeObject` 
>> methods which set or get the fields of the serializable class using the 
>> serialization `GetField`/`PutField` mechanism. These generated methods 
>> should be used by serialization libraries to serialize and deserialize 
>> classes which do not have a `readObject`/`writeObject` method or which use 
>> `ObjectInputStream.defaultReadObject`/`ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteObject`
>>  to supplement default serialization.
>> 
>> It is also proposed to add methods which allow for the reading of 
>> serialization-specific private static final fields from classes which have 
>> them.
>> 
>> With the addition of these methods, serialization libraries no longer need 
>> to rely on `Unsafe` for serialization/deserialization activities.
>> cc: @AlanBateman
>
> David M. Lloyd has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 37 commits:
> 
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream-jdk/master' into serialization
>  - Round out the documentation of the new methods to explain the supported 
> and unsupported cases
>  - Move `serialPersistentFields` for a degree of method order consistency
>  - Address review feedback
>  - Test fixes and finish renaming
>  - Address review feedback
>  - Address review comment
>  - Eliminate cache
>  - Rework using facilities found in ObjectStreamClass
>    
>    This variation has the disadvantage of requiring a couple temporary arrays 
> to be allocated each time the method handles are used.
>  - More tests
>  - ... and 27 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/133f8f31...d57c4346

lgtm

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Marked as reviewed by rriggs (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19702#pullrequestreview-2433878329

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