src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/WrapperInstance.java
changeset 47216 71c04702a3d5
parent 25859 3317bb8137f4
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+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/WrapperInstance.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
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+
+package sun.invoke;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+
+/**
+ * Private API used inside of java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.
+ * Interface implemented by every object which is produced by
+ * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleProxies#asInterfaceInstance MethodHandleProxies.asInterfaceInstance}.
+ * The methods of this interface allow a caller to recover the parameters
+ * to {@code asInstance}.
+ * This allows applications to repeatedly convert between method handles
+ * and SAM objects, without the risk of creating unbounded delegation chains.
+ */
+public interface WrapperInstance {
+    /** Produce or recover a target method handle which is behaviorally
+     *  equivalent to the SAM method of this object.
+     */
+    public MethodHandle getWrapperInstanceTarget();
+    /** Recover the SAM type for which this object was created.
+     */
+    public Class<?> getWrapperInstanceType();
+}
+