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Re: methodhandles lookup

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On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:19:07 -0800, Philipp Kraus wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to create a flexible (dynamic) binding for method calls and I
> have got a problem with overloaded method binding.
> In detail: I have created an own programming language which should call
> a java method. In my own language I have got grammar constructs like
> "foo/bar( "myobject" );". Internal I have got a Map<String, Object>
> which maps the string parameter to an object which will be invoked.
> foo/bar points to the method, in this case foo is the classname and bar
> the method name. So in this example I need a binding to the method
> "public void bar();".
> My language should also use calls like "foo/bar( "myobject", 1 );". In
> this case the Java method "void bar( int x );" should be called.
> 
> The basic invoking call works well, but I overloaded method creates a
> problem. If I have got the class
> 
> class foo {
>      public void bar()
>      {
>           System.out.println("test");
>      }
> }
> 
> I do the following:
> 
> final Multimap<String, MethodHandle> y = HashMultimap.create();
> for ( final Method x : foo.class.getDeclaredMethods() )
>     y.put( x.getSimpleName(), MethodHandles.lookup().unreflect(x) );
> 
> This multimap is put to the parser / lexer of my language to resolve
> method names but on calling / invoking I get the problem, that I need
> the correct methodhandle within the multimap depend on the signature.
> 
> The problem is a class like class foo {
>      public void bar()
>      {
>           System.out.println("test");
>      }
> 
>      public void bar( int x )
>      {
>           System.out.println("test " + x);
>      }
> }
> 
> So my question is, how can I create a dynamic binding on method handles
> depend on the signature?

For each MethodHandle examine its MethodType and proceed from there.

> And can I cache the method handles / is it a good choice of caching all
> handles? In my case I know during runtime the concrete signature of the
> method, "foo/bar" is executed and on this time I know all arguments of
> the method, so I can create at this point the binding. How can I do this
> in a fast way?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Phil

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methodhandles lookup Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus.flashpixx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 00:19 -0800
  Re: methodhandles lookup Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-22 08:57 +0000
  Re: methodhandles lookup Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-22 11:01 +0000
    Re: methodhandles lookup Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus.flashpixx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 03:13 -0800
      Re: methodhandles lookup Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-22 11:43 +0000
        Re: methodhandles lookup Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-22 12:03 +0000
          Re: methodhandles lookup Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus.flashpixx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 01:59 -0800
      Re: methodhandles lookup Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-22 12:16 +0000
        Re: methodhandles lookup Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-22 17:12 +0100
  Re: methodhandles lookup Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-01-22 11:27 +0000
    Re: methodhandles lookup Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus.flashpixx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 01:56 -0800
  Re: methodhandles lookup Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-22 16:49 +0100

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