> 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 39 commits: - Address review feedback - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream-jdk/master' into serialization - 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 - ... and 29 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/eb240a7d...7a85d620 ------------- Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19702/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=19702&range=09 Stats: 914 lines in 6 files changed: 911 ins; 1 del; 2 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19702.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/19702/head:pull/19702 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19702
