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  2. JDK-4993813

(reflect) Need a way to force a class to be initialized.

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    • Enhancement
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • P3
    • None
    • 5.0
    • core-libs

    Description

      There is no direct way to force a class to be initialized. Now that class
      literals do not do that, it would be extremely helpful for there to be a
      direct way to force the initialization. Please add a method

      public Class<T> Class.initialize();

      to force the class to be initialized. That would allow the idiom

      X.class.initialize()

      to be used as a class literal for an initialized class.

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          duplicates

          Enhancement - null JDK-6459208 Add API for initializing a Class and checking if it has been initialized

          • P4 - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Enhancement - null JDK-7194006 A new Class.forName(String cn, boolean initialize) method

          • P4 - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Open

          CSR - null JDK-8245871 Define Lookup::ensureInitialized as a replacement API for Unsafe::ensureClassInitialized

          • P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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              darcy Joe Darcy
              gafter Neal Gafter
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