Invokedynamic: Luxury or Necessity?
summary
Overview of the Java JVM instruction invokedynamic, explaining whether it is a luxury or a necessity for language and runtime developers. Covers how invokedynamic works on the JVM, its benefits for dynamic language implementation and performance, and practical use cases and trade-offs for Java platform tooling.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00InvokeDynamic introduction
- 13:03Bytecode and call site
- 21:12Bootstrap methods role
- 29:24MethodHandle basics
- 37:18Creating and linking MethodHandle
- 45:12Reflection API comparison
- 48:02Project Lambda usage
- 51:38Summary and Q&A
