On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:10:37 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 40 commits: > > - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream-jdk/master' into serialization > - 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 > - ... and 30 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/752e1629...8b83bd70 I'm fine either way. More eyes is better but if Alan is busy that's fine; I'm reasonably confident in this change at this point. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19702#issuecomment-2486202701
