April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
910 pages
33h 21m
English
Java Enhancement Proposal 181, Align JVM Checks with Java Language Rules for Nested Classes, focuses on the need to align JVM access checking rules with Java language rules, specifically for constructors, fields, and methods in nested classes. This will be accomplished by partitioning related classes in nests. Class files will be able to access private names of other class files in the same nest.
Nests will share an access control context. With the advent of nests, access bridges will not be required. The bulk of the change will be to the JVM's access rules.