JDK-8177360 : Release Note: Class.getMethod and Class.getMethods more accurately follow inheritance rules
- Type: Sub-task
- Component: core-libs
- Sub-Component: java.lang:reflect
- Affected Version: 9
- Priority: P3
- Status: Closed
- Resolution: Delivered
- Submitted: 2017-03-22
- Updated: 2017-09-22
- Resolved: 2017-03-23
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Description
The javadoc for the Class.getMethod and Class.getMethods refer to the definition of inheritance in the Java Language Specification. Java SE 8 changed these rules in order to support default methods and reduce the number of redundant methods inherited from superinterfaces (see JLS 8, 8.4.8). Class.getMethod and Class.getMethods were not updated with the 8 release to match the new inheritance definition (both may return non-inherited superinterface methods). The implementation has now been changed to filter out methods that are not members of the class.