[jsr294-modularity-eg] Strawman for the reflective API

[Andreas Sterbenz]

Glyn Normington wrote:
> 
> Assuming ClassLoader.findSuperpackage is not private, how will it 
> guarantee to function correctly if application code calls it? The 
> scenario I have in mind is two threads calling the same class loader 
> object to find the same superpackage.

The findSuperpackage() method should only ever be called by the JVM [1]. 
Because it is declared 'protected', it is not possible for application 
code to call it at all. It could only be called by a ClassLoader 
implementation (or code in the same package). That would be a developer 
error and I expect is likely to be caught in testing.

Andreas.


[1] if we think there is a use case for Java code needing to obtain the 
Superpackage object for a given name, we should add the 
Superpackage.forName() method I mentioned earlier.