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. >> >> --------- >> - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the >> [OpenJDK Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). > > 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/158113f2...86002208 FYI @viktorklang-ora and other reviewers, we had an offline discussion and reached the conclusion that the core reflection overview should be rewritten to be more introductory and self-explanatory instead of serving as a terse specification like the JLS or JVMS. This patch will undergo major revisions. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28685#issuecomment-4691638037
