On Aug 21, 2012, at 2:47 PM, BILL PITTORE <bill.pitt...@oracle.com> wrote:
> These changes allow for the (easier) addition of new processor types to SA > other than the standard x86, amd64 and sparc. By using reflection, it is not > necessary to instantiate the new class directly in the existing code. Rather > the class name is derived from the cpu/os name and is loaded and the > constructor called. Note that the existing cpus (x86, amd64, and sparc) code > was not modified. Only newly added cpus would go through the reflection code > path. And why is that? -- Chris > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpittore/7154641/webrev.00/ > > thanks, > bill >
