Oracle International Corporation

Julia Katharina Boes

Alexander R Buckley

Chris Hegarty

A data-instantiator method handle is configured to instantiate a target class based on a structured data object. One type of data-instantiator method handles is a Structured Data Object Processor method handle (SDOP_mh). The runtime environment invokes a SDOP_mh to create a target object based on a name-index map and an index-value map. The SDOP_mh is adapted, directly or indirectly, from a direct method handle that references a constructor of the target class. In an embodiment, the constructor referenced by the direct method handle is a canonical constructor. In an embodiment, the SDOP_mh is a runtime-computed constant in a runtime constant pool.

Object creation from structured data using indirect constructor invocation

A data-instantiator method handle is configured to create a target object based on a stream object. One type of data-instantiator method handles is a Stream Object Processor method handle (SOP_mh). A SOP_mh is a runtime-computed constant in a runtime constant pool. A runtime environment resolves the SOP_mh lazily responsive to a request to access the SOP_mh. The runtime environment invokes the SOP_mh to create a target object based on a stream object. By virtue of being a constant in the runtime constant pool, the SOP_mh is a candidate for optimization by a dynamic compiler in the runtime environment. The dynamic compiler may elect to constant fold the value of the SOP_mh and inline any code or executable logic that the SOP_mh refers to.

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Julia Katharina Boes