On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 12:30 PM Mandy Chung <mandy.ch...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > > On 1/27/20 6:31 AM, Remi Forax wrote: > > I'm a bit curious about this: > > To invoke private nestmate instance methods from code in the hidden class, use > invokevirtual or invokeinterface instead of invokespecial. Generated bytecode > that uses invokespecial to invoke a private nestmate instance method will fail > verification. invokespecial should only be used to invoke private nestmate > constructors. > > This seems pretty unusual. Don't we normally use invokespecial for > private method invocations? What is the reasoning for this? > > It's the new usual since 11 and the introduction of nestmates, > before javac was generating an accessor method (the access$000 methods). > > : > > > > As Remi said, this feature has been there since 11. You can reference JEP > 181 for more details. > > Mandy > [1] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/181
This is very helpful, thanks! -- - DML
