Uses of Package
java.lang.invoke

Packages that use java.lang.invoke
Package
Description
Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
Classes and interfaces to represent nominal descriptors for run-time entities such as classes or method handles, and classfile entities such as constant pool entries or invokedynamic call sites.
Provides low-level access to memory and functions outside the Java runtime.
The java.lang.invoke package provides low-level primitives for interacting with the Java Virtual Machine.
The java.lang.runtime package provides low-level runtime support for the Java language.
Contains the collections framework, some internationalization support classes, a service loader, properties, random number generation, string parsing and scanning classes, base64 encoding and decoding, a bit array, and several miscellaneous utility classes.
Contains interfaces and classes that are used to link an invokedynamic call site.
Contains the linker for ordinary Java objects.
Contains interfaces and classes needed by language runtimes to implement their own language-specific object models and type conversions.
Contains classes that make it more convenient for language runtimes to implement their own language-specific object models and type conversions by providing basic implementations of some classes as well as various utilities.
Contains classes that make using Dynalink more convenient by providing basic implementations of some classes as well as various utilities.
  • Classes in java.lang.invoke used by java.lang
    Class
    Description
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A lookup object is a factory for creating method handles, when the creation requires access checking.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
    An entity that has a type descriptor.
    An entity that has a field type descriptor.
  • Class
    Description
    A CallSite is a holder for a variable MethodHandle, which is called its target.
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A lookup object is a factory for creating method handles, when the creation requires access checking.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
    An entity that has a type descriptor.
    An entity that has a field type descriptor.
    An entity that has a method type descriptor Method descriptors conforming to JVMS 4.3.3 can be described nominally via MethodType::describeConstable; otherwise they cannot be described nominally.
  • Class
    Description
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
    A VarHandle is a dynamically strongly typed reference to a variable, or to a parametrically-defined family of variables, including static fields, non-static fields, array elements, or components of an off-heap data structure.
  • Class
    Description
    A CallSite is a holder for a variable MethodHandle, which is called its target.
    LambdaConversionException
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A symbolic reference obtained by cracking a direct method handle into its constituent symbolic parts.
    A lookup object is a factory for creating method handles, when the creation requires access checking.
    The set of class options that specify whether a hidden class created by Lookup::defineHiddenClass method is dynamically added as a new member to the nest of a lookup class and/or whether a hidden class has a strong relationship with the class loader marked as its defining loader.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
    A MutableCallSite is a CallSite whose target variable behaves like an ordinary field.
    StringConcatException is thrown by StringConcatFactory when linkage invariants are violated.
    A SwitchPoint is an object which can publish state transitions to other threads.
    An entity that has a type descriptor.
    An entity that has a field type descriptor.
    An entity that has a method type descriptor Method descriptors conforming to JVMS 4.3.3 can be described nominally via MethodType::describeConstable; otherwise they cannot be described nominally.
    A VarHandle is a dynamically strongly typed reference to a variable, or to a parametrically-defined family of variables, including static fields, non-static fields, array elements, or components of an off-heap data structure.
    The set of access modes that specify how a variable, referenced by a VarHandle, is accessed.
    A nominal descriptor for a VarHandle constant.
  • Class
    Description
    A CallSite is a holder for a variable MethodHandle, which is called its target.
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A lookup object is a factory for creating method handles, when the creation requires access checking.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
    An entity that has a type descriptor.
  • Classes in java.lang.invoke used by java.util
    Class
    Description
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
  • Class
    Description
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
  • Class
    Description
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A lookup object is a factory for creating method handles, when the creation requires access checking.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
    A SwitchPoint is an object which can publish state transitions to other threads.
  • Class
    Description
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A lookup object is a factory for creating method handles, when the creation requires access checking.
    A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
  • Class
    Description
    A CallSite is a holder for a variable MethodHandle, which is called its target.
    A method handle is a typed, directly executable reference to an underlying method, constructor, field, or similar low-level operation, with optional transformations of arguments or return values.
    A MutableCallSite is a CallSite whose target variable behaves like an ordinary field.