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LambdaMetaFactory and Private Methods

I would like to use LambdaMetaFactory to efficiently access a private method.public class Foo { private void bar() { // here's what I want to invoke System.out.println("bar!"); }}I know it is not a...

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How to change MethodHandle arguments after being inserted?

Suppose you have MethodHandle and some arguments have been specified, how to change those arguments after being set?import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;import static...

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Fastest way to invoke method handle fields

I'm generating bytecode roughly equivalent to a class like:final class MyCls { final MethodHandle handle1; final MethodHandle handle2; // and so on // This needs to invoke `handle1`, `handle2`, etc. in...

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Transform non-direct MethodHandle to instance of interface

there is a possibility to transform MethodHandle to the instance of LambdaForm via:LambdaMetaFactory.metafactory() and invoke it via invokeinterface call. I know that it is possible to make it for...

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Java 8 | Using MethodHandle#invokeExact on fields dynamically

My goal is to create a MethodHandle that, by passing a class and a field name, reads that field with a MethodHandle getter and returns the value.With this method I wanted to return an arbitrary...

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Why does LambdaMetafactory fail when using a custom functional interface (but...

Given:import java.lang.invoke.LambdaMetafactory;import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;import java.util.function.Function;class...

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Why a WrongMethodTypeException from MethodHandle? Is my object type incorrect?

I have encountered a problem while I am trying to switch my event system from reflection to MethodHandle.I am using an event bus (version 3.0.0) by KyoriPowered on Github...

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Javassist call PolymorphicSignature method

I am trying to call MethodHandle.invokeExact in a generated Javassist method, but I always get Exception in thread "main" javassist.CannotCompileException: [source error] invokeExact(int) not found in...

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What?! 3 vs 36 MiB for a no-op 254-ary method call via a method handle

It could be shown (see below a rewritten test case) that method handles for 254-ary methods claim less memory in Java 17 than in Java 11, when compiled and run by its tools.Since no method-handle- or...

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Can't load hidden class with VarHandle

I am trying to load a class as a hidden class in Java, but run into a VerifyError. The class uses a VarHandle, which has a PolymorphicSignature. I believe the error is implying that the polymorphic...

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android doesn't check called MethodHandle type in java.lang.invoke.Transformers

This strange behavior allows you to call methods with the wrong typeFor example:static void test(Integer v) { System.out.println("test " + (Object)v);}MethodHandle test =...

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LambdaMetaFactory with Generic Static Methods?

So I'm creating a library that allows users to pass a Class<?> and collect all static methods with a specific annotation (and other criteria, such as a certain parameter count and types) and...

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How to get around IllegalAccessError when creating a MethodHandle from...

I am trying to get a MethodHandle for any of the constructors of the com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeMetadata.Annotations record on JDK 21. Here is the source code of TypeMetadata (from...

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WrongMethodTypeException with MethodHandle.invokeExact() but no arguments and...

I'm using Java 17 on AWS Lambda. I have an interface Foo with a method bar(), returning a CompletableFuture<Map<Bar, Long>>:public interface Foo { public CompletableFuture<Map<Bar,...

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"Cannot cast [Ljava.lang.Object;" passing Object[] to Object... varargs

I'm struggling with a simple, fundamental Java language question that isn't making sense. I'm passing an Object[] to a method which expects varargs Object..., but the method seems to be interpreting...

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MethodHandle cannot be cracked when using LambdaMetafactory?

I want to convert a Record's constructor to a Function<Object[], T> using lambdametafactory (T is a generic type), here are my codes:public record R( String a, String b) {}private static void...

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`MethodHandle` slower than Reflection when accessing primitive

I would like to call a method via reflection in the most performant way possible.The method returns a primitive long.I've implemented this using both reflection and MethodHandles.I was expecting...

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`MethodHandle` slower than Reflection when accessing Object

I would like to call a method via reflection in the most performant way possible.The method returns an Object.I've implemented this using both reflection and MethodHandles, I was expecting MethodHandle...

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Java poor performance with non-static `VarHandle`

I was investigating if replacing a java.lang.reflect.Field.get call with a VarHandle would improve performance, but instead it got slower.From benchmarking, I can see that when the VarHandle is static,...

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Is there a problem with the javadoc for MethodHandles#exactInvoker?

I'm trying to understand the exactInvoker javadoc.It reads, in part:For example, to emulate an invokeExact call to a variable method handle M, extract its type T, look up the invoker method X for T,...

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What does “MethodHandle::invoke” mean in Java? [duplicate]

Look the follow code:import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;public class Demo { interface TFunction<T, R> { R apply(T t) throws Throwable; } public class MyMethodHandle { public final native Object...

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BootstrapMethodError caused by LambdaConversionException caused by using...

I was trying to check if it is possible to use MethodHandle::invoke or MethodHandle::invokeExact as method references for a functional interface that accepts a MethodHandle and returns a generified...

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lambdametafactory creation is quite slow compared to just using lambda

@Benchmarkpublic void testLambdaGeneration(Blackhole bh) { Function<Object, Object> function = a -> { if(a instanceof Alpha alpha) { return alpha.primitiveInt(); }else { throw new...

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Build error "com.android.tools.r8.internal.k2: MethodHandle.invoke and...

I have a module within my app that depends on org.tensorflow:tensorflow-lite:2.15.0 library. This library in turn depends on com.google.inject:guice:5.1.0 which is the source of the build error.Below...

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What is the proper MethodType for invocation of a default constructor?

Suggest the code below. To me, it looks fine: I do obtain a MethodType, which takes no parameters as input, and produces an instance of A. The default constructor of a matchesthat description, in my...

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Methodhandle private method called using findVirtual

Java doc of MethodHandle says that private method should invoke via findSpecial.But in the following example I am able to invoke it via findVirtual.Could somebody please explain what am I missing...

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Weird behaviour of Java MethodHandle.invokeExact

Here is a minimal working example (requires Java 22 or later):(just using libc free for elaborating the behaviour)import java.lang.foreign.*;import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;public class Main {...

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MethodHandle - What is it all about?

I am studying new features of JDK 1.7 and I just can't get it what MethodHandle is designed for? I understand (direct) invocation of the static method (and use of Core Reflection API that is...

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On signature polymorphic methods in Java-7

As far as I can tell, with the introduction of MethodHandle in Java 7 came the introduction of compiler-generated method overloads.The javadoc for MethodHandle states (I've trimmed the examples):Here...

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How can I improve performance of Field.set (perhap using MethodHandles)?

I'm writing some code that calls Field.set and Field.get many many thousands of times. Obviously this is very slow because of the reflection.I want to see if I can improve performance using...

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