Consider the following code:
MethodEntryEvent evt;
ObjectReference con;
...
Class evtClass = evt.getClass();
System.out.println("Class of evt: " + evtClass);
System.out.println("Methods of evt: " +
Arrays.asList(evtClass.getMethods()));
try {
Value v = evt.returnValue();
System.out.println(v);
} catch (Throwable ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
try {
java.lang.reflect.Method retvalMethod =
evtClass.getMethod("returnValue", null);
retvalMethod.setAccessible(true);
con = (ObjectReference)retvalMethod.invoke(evt, (Object[])null);
} catch (Throwable t) {
t.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println("Returned: " + con);
When running, this code prints the following:
Class of evt: class com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$MethodExitEventImpl Methods of evt: [ public com.sun.jdi.Value com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$MethodExitEventImpl.returnValue(), public java.lang.String com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$LocatableEventImpl.toString(), public com.sun.jdi.Method com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$LocatableEventImpl.method(), public com.sun.jdi.Location com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$LocatableEventImpl.location(), public com.sun.jdi.ThreadReference com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$ThreadedEventImpl.thread(), public int com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$EventImpl.hashCode(), public boolean com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$EventImpl.equals(java.lang.Object), public com.sun.jdi.request.EventRequest com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$EventImpl.request(), public com.sun.jdi.VirtualMachine com.sun.tools.jdi.MirrorImpl.virtualMachine(), public final native java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass(), public final void java.lang.Object.wait(long,int) throws java.lang.InterruptedException, public final void java.lang.Object.wait() throws java.lang.InterruptedException, public final native void java.lang.Object.wait(long) throws java.lang.InterruptedException, public final native void java.lang.Object.notify(), public final native void java.lang.Object.notifyAll()] java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.sun.jdi.event.MethodExitEvent.returnValue()Lcom/sun/jdi/Value; at org.hrum.dbdb.DriverManagerMethodExitEventListener.process(DriverManagerMethodExitEventListener.java:99) at org.hrum.dbdb.DbdbEventQueue.removeDebug(DbdbEventQueue.java:168) at org.hrum.dbdb.DbdbEventQueue.remove(DbdbEventQueue.java:47) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.core.EventDispatcher.run(EventDispatcher.java:226) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Returned: instance of oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection(id=435)(class com.sun.tools.jdi.ObjectReferenceImpl)
Now, I will run this in debug mode and set a breakpoint at the red line above. When the breakpoint is hit, evaluation of
evt.returnValue() returns an instance of
com.sun.tools.jdi.ObjectReferenceImpl. However, when the execution is resumed, the result is as above (that is,
evt.returnValue() results in a
NoSuchMethodError).
Further, if we remove the green line (
retvalMethod.setAccessible(true);), we will get an
IllegalAccessException on the invocation:
Class org.hrum.dbdb.DriverManagerMethodExitEventListener can not access a member of class com.sun.tools.jdi.EventSetImpl$MethodExitEventImpl with modifiers “public”
What is going on?
I’d say it’s left as an exercise for the reader, but honestly, at the moment, I don’t feel like looking for an answer at all. I will perhaps let
Bob and
Dr. Heinz Max Kabutz (did I mention how much I enjoy referring to Dr.Heinz Max Kabutz?) to do the detective work…
ENVIRONMENT: This code is part of a plug-in project I am running in Eclipse 3.2RC3, with Mustang.
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