Otherwise I'd say: generate all Object[] and primitive[] static methods that 
return you the length, then have method handles to them :-)

> On 09 Jan 2015, at 12:18, Jochen Theodorou <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Julien,
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8051447 suggests that the 
> performance of this method is not the best... though it suggest an equally 
> generic alternative, with which I may go. so thanks for the idea
> 
> bye Jochen
> 
> Am 09.01.2015 12:05, schrieb Julien Ponge:
>> Hi Jochen,
>> 
>> How about:
>> 
>> lookup.findStatic(Array.class, "getLength", methodType(int.class, 
>> Object.class))
>> 
>> (java.lang.reflect.Array)
>> 
>> That's what we use in Golo to provide "length/size" methods to arrays, e.g.:
>> 
>>   let a = [1, 2, 3]
>>   println(a: length())
>> 
>> - Julien
>> 
>>> On 09 Jan 2015, at 12:05, Jochen Theodorou <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> is there a way to get the length of an array using method handles? Of 
>>> course I can write a small method to do that, but given the multitude of 
>>> primitive types this means a lot of small methods. So I was wondering if 
>>> there is a more elegant but still fast solution
>>> 
>>> bye Jochen
>>> 
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