8180075: Javadoc of MethodHandles.Lookup::bind should note the difference from MethodHandle::bindTo
Reviewed-by: psandoz
Contributed-by: ron.pressler@oracle.com
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java Fri May 12 13:29:38 2017 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java Fri May 12 13:43:06 2017 -0700
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@
* (If the trailing array argument is the only argument,
* the given receiver value will be bound to it.)
* <p>
- * This is equivalent to the following code:
+ * This is almost equivalent to the following code, with some differences noted below:
* <blockquote><pre>{@code
import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
@@ -1673,7 +1673,10 @@
* where {@code defc} is either {@code receiver.getClass()} or a super
* type of that class, in which the requested method is accessible
* to the lookup class.
- * (Note that {@code bindTo} does not preserve variable arity.)
+ * (Unlike {@code bind}, {@code bindTo} does not preserve variable arity.
+ * Also, {@code bindTo} may throw a {@code ClassCastException} in instances where {@code bind} would
+ * throw an {@code IllegalAccessException}, as in the case where the member is {@code protected} and
+ * the receiver is restricted by {@code findVirtual} to the lookup class.)
* @param receiver the object from which the method is accessed
* @param name the name of the method
* @param type the type of the method, with the receiver argument omitted