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Package java.dyn

This package contains dynamic language support provided directly by the Java core class libraries and virtual machine.

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Description

Class Summary

Class	Description
CallSite	An invokedynamic call site, as reified by the containing class's bootstrap method.
InvokeDynamic	Syntactic marker to request javac to emit an invokedynamic instruction.
JavaMethodHandle	A Java method handle extends the basic method handle type with additional programmer defined methods and fields.
Linkage	Static methods which control the linkage of invokedynamic call sites.
LinkagePermission	This class is for runtime permissions.
MethodHandle	A method handle is a typed reference to the entry point of a method.
MethodHandles	Fundamental operations and utilities for MethodHandle.
MethodHandles.Lookup	PROVISIONAL API, WORK IN PROGRESS: A factory object for creating method handles, when the creation requires access checking.
MethodType	Run-time token used to match call sites with method handles.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
NoAccessException	Thrown to indicate that a caller has attempted to create a method handle which calls a method to which the caller does not have access.
WrongMethodTypeException	Thrown to indicate that code has attempted to call a method handle via the wrong method type.

Error Summary

Error	Description
InvokeDynamicBootstrapError	Thrown to indicate that an invokedynamic instruction has failed to find its bootstrap method, or the bootstrap method has failed to provide a call site with a non-null target.

Package java.dyn Description

This package contains dynamic language support provided directly by the Java core class libraries and virtual machine.