On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 21:31:15 GMT, Joe Darcy <da...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Small refactoring to use sealed classes in the MethodHandle implementation > hierarchy. > > DelegatingMethodHandle is non-sealed rather than sealed since it has two > subclasses, one defined as a nested class and only a separate type in the > same package. The permits clause does not allow listed those two kinds of > subclasses. > > Please also review the corresponding CSR > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8283434 But the private inner classes are visible to the compiled `PermittedSubclasses` class attribute (otherwise it wouldn’t be possible for private inner classes to extend a sealed outer class with an implicit `permits` clause). --- Technically, `private` means accessible only within the current nest. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7881
