[jira] Commented: (HARMONY-6020) [DRLVM] Cyclical class dependency causes a failure not seen in RI

["Xiao-Feng Li (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Xiao-Feng Li commented on HARMONY-6020:
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When we look at this class definition:

 class Parent {
    private static final Child[] childCache = new Child[5];

    public static Child createChild(){
        return childCache[0];
    }
 }

It is clear that, the semantics expectation is, childCache should be assigned a value when class Parent is ready (i.e., initialized). And this value should be assigned to childCache before anybody can access any Parent's method, e.g., createChild(). This is the semantics expectation. I guess we need to ensure this semantics.

Can we simply let this Child clinit() execute in this way: When it tries to call Parent.createChild() and finds Parent is under initialization, it simply returns null to ROOT without really invoking createChild(). 

According to the JVM spec 2.17.4, it requires any static method invocation must happen after the class is "initialized." The problem is, how to deal with the situation when a static method is invoked when the owning class is under initialization. 

Thanks,
xiaofeng


> [DRLVM] Cyclical class dependency causes a failure not seen in RI
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HARMONY-6020
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-6020
>             Project: Harmony
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: DRLVM
>    Affects Versions: 5.0M8
>         Environment: Win Vista 32-bit
>            Reporter: Nathan Beyer
>            Assignee: Chunrong Lai
>         Attachments: cycle-project.zip
>
>
> If two classes have a cyclical dependency, some unexpected results may occur, which are not seen on RI (Sun 6u10).

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