On 14 Oct 2015, at 15:15, Remi Forax <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Mail original ----- >> De: "Paul Sandoz" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "core-libs-dev" <[email protected]> >> Envoyé: Mercredi 14 Octobre 2015 13:46:38 >> Objet: Re: java.lang.reflect.Method.copyOf >> >> >>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 12:38, Remi Forax <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Given that j.l.r.Method is mutable, the best way to have performance is too >>> encapsulate it in a non mutable class, if possible. >>> >>> As far as i know j.l.r.Method was introduced in Java 1.1 as non mutable and >>> become mutable with Java 1.2, (yes, someone seriously fucked up !) >> >> Some harsh language there :-) I don’t know the full history but i like to >> think this may have been a frustrating compromise due to some demanding >> serialization requirements under a tight schedule. > > Methods are not serializable.
No, but was Paul referring to the fact the the custom readObject and writeObject methods must be private, and somehow accessible to the Serialization framework ? -Chris
