JDK-8215470 : Bad EnclosingMethod attribute on classes declared in lambdas
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 8,11,12
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: x86_64
  • Submitted: 2018-12-14
  • Updated: 2022-07-01
  • Resolved: 2019-05-14
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Description
ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Any OpenJDK version 1.8 onward, any platform.  Tested and verified on 1.8.0_60-b27 and 18.9 (build 11+28) on Windows 7.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
If an anonymous or local inner class is declared inside of a lambda, the `EnclosingMethod` attribute on that class refers to the compiler-generated "lambda$" method rather than the method that enclosed the original declaration.

This is a violation of JVMS ยง4.7.7 ("The EnclosingMethod Attribute"):

> It is the responsibility of a Java compiler to ensure that the method identified via the `method_index` is indeed the closest **lexically enclosing** method of the class that contains this `EnclosingMethod` attribute.

Emphasis mine.  Currently, if the class containing an `EnclosingMethod` attribute was declared within a lambda expression, the attribute refers to a method that never existed in the lexical scope.

A particularly vexing side effect of this occurs when the generic signature of a lambda-embedded inner type contains type variables declared by the lexically enclosing method.  Those type variables will be out of scope from the perspective of the method identified by the `EnclosingMethod` attribute.  Consequently, the `java.lang.reflect` APIs cannot resolve them.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Run attached "source code for an executable test case".  Note the output.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Output should be:

[class LambdaBug$1] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=static void LambdaBug.immediateScope()
[class LambdaBug$1ExplicitToken] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=static void LambdaBug.immediateScope()
[class LambdaBug$2] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=static void LambdaBug.lambdaScope()
[class LambdaBug$2ExplicitToken] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=static void LambdaBug.lambdaScope()

ACTUAL -
Output is actually:

[class LambdaBug$1] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=static void LambdaBug.immediateScope()
[class LambdaBug$1ExplicitToken] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=static void LambdaBug.immediateScope()
[class LambdaBug$2] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=private static void LambdaBug.lambda$lambdaScope$0()
[class LambdaBug$2ExplicitToken] EnclosingClass=class LambdaBug; EnclosingMethod=private static void LambdaBug.lambda$lambdaScope$0()


---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
class LambdaBug<T> {
    protected LambdaBug() {
        System.out.printf("[%s] EnclosingClass=%s; EnclosingMethod=%s%n",
                         getClass(),
                         getClass().getEnclosingClass(),
                         getClass().getEnclosingMethod());
    }

    static <X> void immediateScope() {
        class ExplicitToken extends LambdaBug<X> {}
        new LambdaBug<X>() {};
        new ExplicitToken();
    }

    static <X> void lambdaScope() {
        Runnable r = () -> {
            class ExplicitToken extends LambdaBug<X> {}
            new LambdaBug<X>() {};
            new ExplicitToken();
        };
        r.run();
    }

    public static void main(final String[] args) {
        immediateScope();
        lambdaScope();
    }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

FREQUENCY : always



Comments
URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/rev/e4049522b074 User: vromero Date: 2019-05-14 15:35:16 +0000
14-05-2019

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se11/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.7.7 When a class containing an `EnclosingMethod` attribute was declared within a lambda expression, the attribute refers to compiler-generated "lambda$" method: "private static void LambdaBug.lambda$lambdaScope$0()" Expected is "static void LambdaBug.lambdaScope()" Above behavior is same in JDK 8u181, 11, 12-ea+23.
17-12-2018