Module jdk.dynalink

# Package jdk.dynalink.linker

package jdk.dynalink.linker

Contains interfaces and classes needed by language runtimes to implement their own language-specific object models and type conversions. The main entry point is the `GuardingDynamicLinker` interface. It needs to be implemented in order to provide linking for the runtime's own object model. A language runtime can have more than one guarding dynamic linker implementation. When a runtime is configuring Dynalink for itself, it will normally set these guarding linkers as the prioritized linkers in its `DynamicLinkerFactory` (and maybe some of them as fallback linkers, for e.g. handling "method not found" and similar errors in a language-specific manner if no other linker managed to handle the operation.)

A language runtime that wishes to make at least some of its linkers available to other language runtimes for interoperability will need to use a `GuardingDynamicLinkerExporter`.

Most language runtimes will be able to implement their own linking logic by implementing `TypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker` instead of `GuardingDynamicLinker`; it allows for faster type-based linking dispatch.

Language runtimes that allow type conversions other than those provided by Java will need to have their guarding dynamic linker (or linkers) also implement the `GuardingTypeConverterFactory` interface to provide the logic for these conversions.

Since:
  9

Interface Summary
Interface
Description
ConversionComparator
Optional interface to be implemented by `GuardingTypeConverterFactory` implementers.
GuardedInvocationTransformer
Interface for objects that are used to transform one guarded invocation into another one.
GuardingDynamicLinker
The base interface for language-specific dynamic linkers.
GuardingTypeConverterFactory
Optional interface that can be implemented by `GuardingDynamicLinker` implementations to provide language-specific type conversion capabilities.
LinkerServices
Interface for services provided to `GuardingDynamicLinker` instances by the `DynamicLinker` that owns them.
LinkRequest
Represents a request to link a particular invocation at a particular call site.
MethodHandleTransformer
A generic interface describing operations that transform method handles.
MethodTypeConversionStrategy
Interface for objects representing a strategy for converting a method handle to a new type.
TypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker
A guarding dynamic linker that can determine whether it can link the call site solely based on the type of the first argument at linking invocation time.
Class Summary
Class
Description
GuardedInvocation
Represents a conditionally valid method handle.
GuardingDynamicLinkerExporter
A class acting as a supplier of guarding dynamic linkers that can be automatically loaded by other language runtimes.
Enum Class Summary
Enum Class
Description
ConversionComparator.Comparison
Enumeration of possible outcomes of comparing one conversion to another.