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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8129576

Anonymous classes are not final according to reflection API

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    • Resolution: Not an Issue
    • P5
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    • 7u51, 8u60, 9
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      if I understand correctly according to following assertion from JLS 15.9.5 anonymous classes are always final:

          An anonymous class is always implicitly final (§8.1.1.2).

      But reflection API reports that the class is not final. Namely let's consider following code:

          import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

          public class Test12 {
              static class Foo<T> {}

              public static void main(String argv[]) {
                  Foo<Integer> foo = new Foo<>() {};
                  if ( (foo.getClass().getModifiers() & Modifier.FINAL) != 0 ) {
                      System.out.println("final, modifiers: " + foo.getClass().getModifiers());
                  } else {
                      System.out.println("not final, modifiers: " + foo.getClass().getModifiers());
                  }
              }
          }

      On JDK9b69 it reports:

          not final, modifiers: 0

      javap reports:
      final class Test12$1 extends Test12$Foo<java.lang.Integer>
        minor version: 0
        major version: 52
        flags: ACC_FINAL, ACC_SUPER

      This seems to be a discrepancy between spec and javac (VM? reflection API?) which should be fixed.

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              dlsmith Dan Smith
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