Hello.
> The two APIs are different in that security checks are performed when
> looking up method handles but not when calling them, while security checks
> are performed at every invocation of a reflected method or field. I'm sure
> some security infrastructure can be shared by the two APIs, but
The two APIs are different in that security checks are performed when
looking up method handles but not when calling them, while security checks
are performed at every invocation of a reflected method or field. I'm sure
some security infrastructure can be shared by the two APIs, but I'm not
sure ho
Hi all.
The discussion I had on this list with Duncan about intercepting
invokedynamic calls made me wonder:
Since Lookup supports an unreflect(..) method, why is there any need
for the (backend of the) reflection API at all. The reason I am asking
is security: getting security checks is hard and
