public static final class MethodHandles.Lookup extends Object
A lookup class which needs to create method handles will call
MethodHandles.lookup to create a factory for itself.
When the Lookup factory object is created, the identity of the lookup class is
determined, and securely stored in the Lookup object.
The lookup class (or its delegates) may then use factory methods
on the Lookup object to create method handles for access-checked members.
This includes all methods, constructors, and fields which are allowed to the lookup class,
even private ones.
Lookup object correspond to all major
use cases for methods, constructors, and fields.
Each method handle created by a factory method is the functional
equivalent of a particular bytecode behavior.
(Bytecode behaviors are described in section 5.4.3.5 of the Java Virtual Machine Specification.)
Here is a summary of the correspondence between these factory methods and
the behavior the resulting method handles:
| lookup expression | member | bytecode behavior |
|---|---|---|
lookup.findGetter(C.class,"f",FT.class) |
FT f; | (T) this.f; |
lookup.findStaticGetter(C.class,"f",FT.class) |
staticFT f; | (T) C.f; |
lookup.findSetter(C.class,"f",FT.class) |
FT f; | this.f = x; |
lookup.findStaticSetter(C.class,"f",FT.class) |
staticFT f; | C.f = arg; |
lookup.findVirtual(C.class,"m",MT) |
T m(A*); | (T) this.m(arg*); |
lookup.findStatic(C.class,"m",MT) |
staticT m(A*); | (T) C.m(arg*); |
lookup.findSpecial(C.class,"m",MT,this.class) |
T m(A*); | (T) super.m(arg*); |
lookup.findConstructor(C.class,MT) |
C(A*); | new C(arg*); |
lookup.unreflectGetter(aField) |
(static)?FT f; | (FT) aField.get(thisOrNull); |
lookup.unreflectSetter(aField) |
(static)?FT f; | aField.set(thisOrNull, arg); |
lookup.unreflect(aMethod) |
(static)?T m(A*); | (T) aMethod.invoke(thisOrNull, arg*); |
lookup.unreflectConstructor(aConstructor) |
C(A*); | (C) aConstructor.newInstance(arg*); |
lookup.unreflect(aMethod) |
(static)?T m(A*); | (T) aMethod.invoke(thisOrNull, arg*); |
C is the class or interface being searched for a member,
documented as a parameter named refc in the lookup methods.
The method type MT is composed from the return type T
and the sequence of argument types A*.
The constructor also has a sequence of argument types A* and
is deemed to return the newly-created object of type C.
Both MT and the field type FT are documented as a parameter named type.
The formal parameter this stands for the self-reference of type C;
if it is present, it is always the leading argument to the method handle invocation.
(In the case of some protected members, this may be
restricted in type to the lookup class; see below.)
The name arg stands for all the other method handle arguments.
In the code examples for the Core Reflection API, the name thisOrNull
stands for a null reference if the accessed method or field is static,
and this otherwise.
The names aMethod, aField, and aConstructor stand
for reflective objects corresponding to the given members.
In cases where the given member is of variable arity (i.e., a method or constructor) the returned method handle will also be of variable arity. In all other cases, the returned method handle will be of fixed arity.
Discussion: The equivalence between looked-up method handles and underlying class members and bytecode behaviors can break down in a few ways:
C is not symbolically accessible from the lookup class's loader,
the lookup can still succeed, even when there is no equivalent
Java expression or bytecoded constant.
T or MT
is not symbolically accessible from the lookup class's loader,
the lookup can still succeed.
For example, lookups for MethodHandle.invokeExact and
MethodHandle.invoke will always succeed, regardless of requested type.
ldc instruction on a CONSTANT_MethodHandle
constant is not subject to security manager checks.
Lookup,
when a method handle is created.
This is a key difference from the Core Reflection API, since
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke
performs access checking against every caller, on every call.
All access checks start from a Lookup object, which
compares its recorded lookup class against all requests to
create method handles.
A single Lookup object can be used to create any number
of access-checked method handles, all checked against a single
lookup class.
A Lookup object can be shared with other trusted code,
such as a metaobject protocol.
A shared Lookup object delegates the capability
to create method handles on private members of the lookup class.
Even if privileged code uses the Lookup object,
the access checking is confined to the privileges of the
original lookup class.
A lookup can fail, because
the containing class is not accessible to the lookup class, or
because the desired class member is missing, or because the
desired class member is not accessible to the lookup class, or
because the lookup object is not trusted enough to access the member.
In any of these cases, a ReflectiveOperationException will be
thrown from the attempted lookup. The exact class will be one of
the following:
In general, the conditions under which a method handle may be
looked up for a method M are no more restrictive than the conditions
under which the lookup class could have compiled, verified, and resolved a call to M.
Where the JVM would raise exceptions like NoSuchMethodError,
a method handle lookup will generally raise a corresponding
checked exception, such as NoSuchMethodException.
And the effect of invoking the method handle resulting from the lookup
is exactly equivalent
to executing the compiled, verified, and resolved call to M.
The same point is true of fields and constructors.
Discussion:
Access checks only apply to named and reflected methods,
constructors, and fields.
Other method handle creation methods, such as
MethodHandle.asType,
do not require any access checks, and are used
independently of any Lookup object.
If the desired member is protected, the usual JVM rules apply,
including the requirement that the lookup class must be either be in the
same package as the desired member, or must inherit that member.
(See the Java Virtual Machine Specification, sections 4.9.2, 5.4.3.5, and 6.4.)
In addition, if the desired member is a non-static field or method
in a different package, the resulting method handle may only be applied
to objects of the lookup class or one of its subclasses.
This requirement is enforced by narrowing the type of the leading
this parameter from C
(which will necessarily be a superclass of the lookup class)
to the lookup class itself.
The JVM imposes a similar requirement on invokespecial instruction,
that the receiver argument must match both the resolved method and
the current class. Again, this requirement is enforced by narrowing the
type of the leading parameter to the resulting method handle.
(See the Java Virtual Machine Specification, section 4.10.1.9.)
The JVM represents constructors and static initializer blocks as internal methods
with special names ("<init>" and "<clinit>").
The internal syntax of invocation instructions allows them to refer to such internal
methods as if they were normal methods, but the JVM bytecode verifier rejects them.
A lookup of such an internal method will produce a NoSuchMethodException.
In some cases, access between nested classes is obtained by the Java compiler by creating
an wrapper method to access a private method of another class
in the same top-level declaration.
For example, a nested class C.D
can access private members within other related classes such as
C, C.D.E, or C.B,
but the Java compiler may need to generate wrapper methods in
those related classes. In such cases, a Lookup object on
C.E would be unable to those private members.
A workaround for this limitation is the Lookup.in method,
which can transform a lookup on C.E into one on any of those other
classes, without special elevation of privilege.
The accesses permitted to a given lookup object may be limited,
according to its set of lookupModes,
to a subset of members normally accessible to the lookup class.
For example, the publicLookup
method produces a lookup object which is only allowed to access
public members in public classes.
The caller sensitive method lookup
produces a lookup object with full capabilities relative to
its caller class, to emulate all supported bytecode behaviors.
Also, the Lookup.in method may produce a lookup object
with fewer access modes than the original lookup object.
Discussion of private access:
We say that a lookup has private access
if its lookup modes
include the possibility of accessing private members.
As documented in the relevant methods elsewhere,
only lookups with private access possess the following capabilities:
Class.forName
emulate invokespecial instructions
delegated lookup objects which have private access to other classes
within the same package member
Each of these permissions is a consequence of the fact that a lookup object with private access can be securely traced back to an originating class, whose bytecode behaviors and Java language access permissions can be reliably determined and emulated by method handles.
Class object is
available. Such cross-loader references are also possible with the
Core Reflection API, and are impossible to bytecode instructions
such as invokestatic or getfield.
There is a security manager API
to allow applications to check such cross-loader references.
These checks apply to both the MethodHandles.Lookup API
and the Core Reflection API
(as found on Class).
If a security manager is present, member lookups are subject to
additional checks.
From one to three calls are made to the security manager.
Any of these calls can refuse access by throwing a
SecurityException.
Define smgr as the security manager,
lookc as the lookup class of the current lookup object,
refc as the containing class in which the member
is being sought, and defc as the class in which the
member is actually defined.
The value lookc is defined as not present
if the current lookup object does not have
private access.
The calls are made according to the following rules:
lookc is not present, or if its class loader is not
the same as or an ancestor of the class loader of refc,
then smgr.checkPackageAccess(refcPkg) is called,
where refcPkg is the package of refc.
lookc is not present, then
smgr.checkPermission
with RuntimePermission("accessDeclaredMembers") is called.
lookc is not present,
and if defc and refc are different,
then smgr.checkPackageAccess(defcPkg) is called,
where defcPkg is the package of defc.
If a method handle for a caller-sensitive method is requested, the general rules for bytecode behaviors apply, but they take account of the lookup class in a special way. The resulting method handle behaves as if it were called from an instruction contained in the lookup class, so that the caller-sensitive method detects the lookup class. (By contrast, the invoker of the method handle is disregarded.) Thus, in the case of caller-sensitive methods, different lookup classes may give rise to differently behaving method handles.
In cases where the lookup object is
publicLookup(),
or some other lookup object without
private access,
the lookup class is disregarded.
In such cases, no caller-sensitive method handle can be created,
access is forbidden, and the lookup fails with an
IllegalAccessException.
Discussion:
For example, the caller-sensitive method
Class.forName(x)
can return varying classes or throw varying exceptions,
depending on the class loader of the class that calls it.
A public lookup of Class.forName will fail, because
there is no reasonable way to determine its bytecode behavior.
If an application caches method handles for broad sharing,
it should use publicLookup() to create them.
If there is a lookup of Class.forName, it will fail,
and the application must take appropriate action in that case.
It may be that a later lookup, perhaps during the invocation of a
bootstrap method, can incorporate the specific identity
of the caller, making the method accessible.
The function MethodHandles.lookup is caller sensitive
so that there can be a secure foundation for lookups.
Nearly all other methods in the JSR 292 API rely on lookup
objects to check access requests.
| Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
|---|---|
static int |
PACKAGE
A single-bit mask representing
package access (default access),
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes. |
static int |
PRIVATE
A single-bit mask representing
private access,
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes. |
static int |
PROTECTED
A single-bit mask representing
protected access,
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes. |
static int |
PUBLIC
A single-bit mask representing
public access,
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes. |
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
MethodHandle |
bind(Object receiver,
String name,
MethodType type)
Produces an early-bound method handle for a non-static method.
|
MethodHandle |
findConstructor(Class<?> refc,
MethodType type)
Produces a method handle which creates an object and initializes it, using
the constructor of the specified type.
|
MethodHandle |
findGetter(Class<?> refc,
String name,
Class<?> type)
Produces a method handle giving read access to a non-static field.
|
MethodHandle |
findSetter(Class<?> refc,
String name,
Class<?> type)
Produces a method handle giving write access to a non-static field.
|
MethodHandle |
findSpecial(Class<?> refc,
String name,
MethodType type,
Class<?> specialCaller)
Produces an early-bound method handle for a virtual method.
|
MethodHandle |
findStatic(Class<?> refc,
String name,
MethodType type)
Produces a method handle for a static method.
|
MethodHandle |
findStaticGetter(Class<?> refc,
String name,
Class<?> type)
Produces a method handle giving read access to a static field.
|
MethodHandle |
findStaticSetter(Class<?> refc,
String name,
Class<?> type)
Produces a method handle giving write access to a static field.
|
MethodHandle |
findVirtual(Class<?> refc,
String name,
MethodType type)
Produces a method handle for a virtual method.
|
MethodHandles.Lookup |
in(Class<?> requestedLookupClass)
Creates a lookup on the specified new lookup class.
|
Class<?> |
lookupClass()
Tells which class is performing the lookup.
|
int |
lookupModes()
Tells which access-protection classes of members this lookup object can produce.
|
String |
toString()
Displays the name of the class from which lookups are to be made.
|
MethodHandle |
unreflect(Method m)
Makes a direct method handle
to m, if the lookup class has permission.
|
MethodHandle |
unreflectConstructor(Constructor<?> c)
Produces a method handle for a reflected constructor.
|
MethodHandle |
unreflectGetter(Field f)
Produces a method handle giving read access to a reflected field.
|
MethodHandle |
unreflectSetter(Field f)
Produces a method handle giving write access to a reflected field.
|
MethodHandle |
unreflectSpecial(Method m,
Class<?> specialCaller)
Produces a method handle for a reflected method.
|
public static final int PUBLIC
public access,
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes.
The value, 0x01, happens to be the same as the value of the
public modifier bit.public static final int PRIVATE
private access,
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes.
The value, 0x02, happens to be the same as the value of the
private modifier bit.public static final int PROTECTED
protected access,
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes.
The value, 0x04, happens to be the same as the value of the
protected modifier bit.public static final int PACKAGE
package access (default access),
which may contribute to the result of lookupModes.
The value is 0x08, which does not correspond meaningfully to
any particular modifier bit.public Class<?> lookupClass()
The class implies a maximum level of access permission,
but the permissions may be additionally limited by the bitmask
lookupModes, which controls whether non-public members
can be accessed.
public int lookupModes()
A freshly-created lookup object on the caller's class has all possible bits set, since the caller class can access all its own members. A lookup object on a new lookup class created from a previous lookup object may have some mode bits set to zero. The purpose of this is to restrict access via the new lookup object, so that it can access only names which can be reached by the original lookup object, and also by the new lookup class.
public MethodHandles.Lookup in(Class<?> requestedLookupClass)
lookupClass.
However, the resulting Lookup object is guaranteed
to have no more access capabilities than the original.
In particular, access capabilities can be lost as follows:
requestedLookupClass - the desired lookup class for the new lookup objectNullPointerException - if the argument is nullpublic String toString()
Class.getName.)
If there are restrictions on the access permitted to this lookup,
this is indicated by adding a suffix to the class name, consisting
of a slash and a keyword. The keyword represents the strongest
allowed access, and is chosen as follows:
MethodHandles.lookup.
Objects created by Lookup.in
always have restricted access, and will display a suffix.
(It may seem strange that protected access should be stronger than private access. Viewed independently from package access, protected access is the first to be lost, because it requires a direct subclass relationship between caller and callee.)
toString in class Objectin(java.lang.Class<?>)public MethodHandle findStatic(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException
findVirtual or findSpecial.)
The method and all its argument types must be accessible to the lookup object.
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the method's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set.
If the returned method handle is invoked, the method's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
Example:
import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*; import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*; ... MethodHandle MH_asList = publicLookup().findStatic(Arrays.class, "asList", methodType(List.class, Object[].class)); assertEquals("[x, y]", MH_asList.invoke("x", "y").toString());
refc - the class from which the method is accessedname - the name of the methodtype - the type of the methodNoSuchMethodException - if the method does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails,
or if the method is not static,
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle findVirtual(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException
refc) prepended.
The method and all its argument types must be accessible to the lookup object.
When called, the handle will treat the first argument as a receiver
and dispatch on the receiver's type to determine which method
implementation to enter.
(The dispatching action is identical with that performed by an
invokevirtual or invokeinterface instruction.)
The first argument will be of type refc if the lookup
class has full privileges to access the member. Otherwise
the member must be protected and the first argument
will be restricted in type to the lookup class.
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the method's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set.
Because of the general equivalence between invokevirtual
instructions and method handles produced by findVirtual,
if the class is MethodHandle and the name string is
invokeExact or invoke, the resulting
method handle is equivalent to one produced by
MethodHandles.exactInvoker or
MethodHandles.invoker
with the same type argument.
Example:
import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*; import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*; ... MethodHandle MH_concat = publicLookup().findVirtual(String.class, "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class)); MethodHandle MH_hashCode = publicLookup().findVirtual(Object.class, "hashCode", methodType(int.class)); MethodHandle MH_hashCode_String = publicLookup().findVirtual(String.class, "hashCode", methodType(int.class)); assertEquals("xy", (String) MH_concat.invokeExact("x", "y")); assertEquals("xy".hashCode(), (int) MH_hashCode.invokeExact((Object)"xy")); assertEquals("xy".hashCode(), (int) MH_hashCode_String.invokeExact("xy")); // interface method: MethodHandle MH_subSequence = publicLookup().findVirtual(CharSequence.class, "subSequence", methodType(CharSequence.class, int.class, int.class)); assertEquals("def", MH_subSequence.invoke("abcdefghi", 3, 6).toString()); // constructor "internal method" must be accessed differently: MethodType MT_newString = methodType(void.class); //()V for new String() try { assertEquals("impossible", lookup() .findVirtual(String.class, "<init>", MT_newString)); } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) { } // OK MethodHandle MH_newString = publicLookup() .findConstructor(String.class, MT_newString); assertEquals("", (String) MH_newString.invokeExact());
refc - the class or interface from which the method is accessedname - the name of the methodtype - the type of the method, with the receiver argument omittedNoSuchMethodException - if the method does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails,
or if the method is static
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle findConstructor(Class<?> refc, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException
The requested type must have a return type of void.
(This is consistent with the JVM's treatment of constructor type descriptors.)
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the constructor's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set.
If the returned method handle is invoked, the constructor's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
Example:
import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*; import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*; ... MethodHandle MH_newArrayList = publicLookup().findConstructor( ArrayList.class, methodType(void.class, Collection.class)); Collection orig = Arrays.asList("x", "y"); Collection copy = (ArrayList) MH_newArrayList.invokeExact(orig); assert(orig != copy); assertEquals(orig, copy); // a variable-arity constructor: MethodHandle MH_newProcessBuilder = publicLookup().findConstructor( ProcessBuilder.class, methodType(void.class, String[].class)); ProcessBuilder pb = (ProcessBuilder) MH_newProcessBuilder.invoke("x", "y", "z"); assertEquals("[x, y, z]", pb.command().toString());
refc - the class or interface from which the method is accessedtype - the type of the method, with the receiver argument omitted, and a void return typeNoSuchMethodException - if the constructor does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle findSpecial(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type, Class<?> specialCaller) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException
invokespecial
instruction from within the explicitly specified specialCaller.
The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
with a suitably restricted receiver type prepended.
(The receiver type will be specialCaller or a subtype.)
The method and all its argument types must be accessible
to the lookup object.
Before method resolution, if the explicitly specified caller class is not identical with the lookup class, or if this lookup object does not have private access privileges, the access fails.
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the method's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set.
(Note: JVM internal methods named "<init>" are not visible to this API,
even though the invokespecial instruction can refer to them
in special circumstances. Use findConstructor
to access instance initialization methods in a safe manner.)
Example:
import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*; import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*; ... static class Listie extends ArrayList { public String toString() { return "[wee Listie]"; } static Lookup lookup() { return MethodHandles.lookup(); } } ... // no access to constructor via invokeSpecial: MethodHandle MH_newListie = Listie.lookup() .findConstructor(Listie.class, methodType(void.class)); Listie l = (Listie) MH_newListie.invokeExact(); try { assertEquals("impossible", Listie.lookup().findSpecial( Listie.class, "<init>", methodType(void.class), Listie.class)); } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) { } // OK // access to super and self methods via invokeSpecial: MethodHandle MH_super = Listie.lookup().findSpecial( ArrayList.class, "toString" , methodType(String.class), Listie.class); MethodHandle MH_this = Listie.lookup().findSpecial( Listie.class, "toString" , methodType(String.class), Listie.class); MethodHandle MH_duper = Listie.lookup().findSpecial( Object.class, "toString" , methodType(String.class), Listie.class); assertEquals("[]", (String) MH_super.invokeExact(l)); assertEquals(""+l, (String) MH_this.invokeExact(l)); assertEquals("[]", (String) MH_duper.invokeExact(l)); // ArrayList method try { assertEquals("inaccessible", Listie.lookup().findSpecial( String.class, "toString", methodType(String.class), Listie.class)); } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) { } // OK Listie subl = new Listie() { public String toString() { return "[subclass]"; } }; assertEquals(""+l, (String) MH_this.invokeExact(subl)); // Listie method
refc - the class or interface from which the method is accessedname - the name of the method (which must not be "<init>")type - the type of the method, with the receiver argument omittedspecialCaller - the proposed calling class to perform the invokespecialNoSuchMethodException - if the method does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle findGetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws IllegalAccessException
refc - the class or interface from which the method is accessedname - the field's nametype - the field's typeNoSuchFieldException - if the field does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails, or if the field is staticSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle findSetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws IllegalAccessException
refc - the class or interface from which the method is accessedname - the field's nametype - the field's typeNoSuchFieldException - if the field does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails, or if the field is staticSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle findStaticGetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws IllegalAccessException
If the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
refc - the class or interface from which the method is accessedname - the field's nametype - the field's typeNoSuchFieldException - if the field does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails, or if the field is not staticSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle findStaticSetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws IllegalAccessException
If the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
refc - the class or interface from which the method is accessedname - the field's nametype - the field's typeNoSuchFieldException - if the field does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails, or if the field is not staticSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle bind(Object receiver, String name, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException
defc in which a method
of the given name and type is accessible to the lookup class.
The method and all its argument types must be accessible to the lookup object.
The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
without any insertion of an additional receiver parameter.
The given receiver will be bound into the method handle,
so that every call to the method handle will invoke the
requested method on the given receiver.
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the method's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set
and the trailing array argument is not the only argument.
(If the trailing array argument is the only argument,
the given receiver value will be bound to it.)
This is equivalent to the following code:
whereimport static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*; import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*; ... MethodHandle mh0 = lookup().findVirtual(defc, name, type); MethodHandle mh1 = mh0.bindTo(receiver); MethodType mt1 = mh1.type(); if (mh0.isVarargsCollector()) mh1 = mh1.asVarargsCollector(mt1.parameterType(mt1.parameterCount()-1)); return mh1;
defc is either receiver.getClass() or a super
type of that class, in which the requested method is accessible
to the lookup class.
(Note that bindTo does not preserve variable arity.)receiver - the object from which the method is accessedname - the name of the methodtype - the type of the method, with the receiver argument omittedNoSuchMethodException - if the method does not existIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsSecurityException - if a security manager is present and it
refuses accessNullPointerException - if any argument is nullMethodHandle.bindTo(java.lang.Object),
findVirtual(java.lang.Class<?>, java.lang.String, java.lang.invoke.MethodType)public MethodHandle unreflect(Method m) throws IllegalAccessException
accessible flag is not set,
access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
If m is not public, do not share the resulting handle with untrusted parties.
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the method's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set.
If m is static, and if the returned method handle is invoked, the method's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
m - the reflected methodIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsNullPointerException - if the argument is nullpublic MethodHandle unreflectSpecial(Method m, Class<?> specialCaller) throws IllegalAccessException
invokespecial
instruction from within the explicitly specified specialCaller.
The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
with a suitably restricted receiver type prepended.
(The receiver type will be specialCaller or a subtype.)
If the method's accessible flag is not set,
access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class,
as if invokespecial instruction were being linked.
Before method resolution, if the explicitly specified caller class is not identical with the lookup class, or if this lookup object does not have private access privileges, the access fails.
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the method's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set.
m - the reflected methodspecialCaller - the class nominally calling the methodIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsNullPointerException - if any argument is nullpublic MethodHandle unreflectConstructor(Constructor<?> c) throws IllegalAccessException
newInstance operation,
creating a new instance of the constructor's class on the
arguments passed to the method handle.
If the constructor's accessible flag is not set,
access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
The returned method handle will have
variable arity if and only if
the constructor's variable arity modifier bit (0x0080) is set.
If the returned method handle is invoked, the constructor's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
c - the reflected constructorIllegalAccessException - if access checking fails
or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
is set and asVarargsCollector failsNullPointerException - if the argument is nullpublic MethodHandle unreflectGetter(Field f) throws IllegalAccessException
accessible flag is not set,
access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
If the field is static, and if the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
f - the reflected fieldIllegalAccessException - if access checking failsNullPointerException - if the argument is nullpublic MethodHandle unreflectSetter(Field f) throws IllegalAccessException
accessible flag is not set,
access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
If the field is static, and if the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
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