On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:47:01 GMT, Chen Liang <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Core reflection has its own type conversion behavior that is somewhat poorly 
>> specified; it is scattered around a few places, and its boxing and unboxing 
>> deviates from that of Java language assignment contexts. In addition, core 
>> reflection has a somewhat erroneous access check system. We can improve the 
>> overview of java.lang.reflect to address these shortcomings and recommend 
>> users to use java.lang.invoke for better functionality in these areas.
>> 
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>
> Chen Liang has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge 
> or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in 
> by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains 20 additional commits since 
> the last revision:
> 
>  - Tweaks
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into 
> doc/reflect-accessor-conversion
>  - Years
>  - Formatting and add an example
>  - Drop 2
>  - typos and consistency
>  - Merge branch 'doc/reflect-accessor-conversion' into m1
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into 
> doc/reflect-accessor-conversion
>  - formatting
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into 
> doc/reflect-accessor-conversion
>  - ... and 10 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/c722f83f...86002208

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java line 421:

> 419: 
> 420:     /**
> 421:      * Returns the value of the static or instance field represented by 
> this

Does this really add any clarity? Are there any other fields than static or 
instance that wouldn't be covered by the original wording?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28685#discussion_r3403371935

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