Using java-9 build 9-ea+149 and jol 0.6.
Running this simple code:
ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
list.add(12);
System.out.println(ClassLayout.parseInstance(list).toPrintable());
Output:
OFFSET SIZE TYPE DESCRIPTION VALUE
0 4 (object header) 01 00 00 00 (00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000) (1)
4 4 (object header) 00 00 00 00 (00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000) (0)
8 4 (object header) 0e 8d 00 f8 (00001110 10001101 00000000 11111000) (-134181618)
12 4 int AbstractList.modCount (access denied)
16 4 int ArrayList.size (access denied)
20 4 Object[] ArrayList.elementData (access denied)
This access denied part comes from FieldData.java in the method:
public String safeValue(Object object) {
if (refField != null) {
try {
return ObjectUtils.safeToString(refField.get(object));
} catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
// exception, try again
}
try {
refField.setAccessible(true);
return ObjectUtils.safeToString(refField.get(object));
} catch (Exception e) {
return "(access denied)";
}
} else {
return "N/A";
}
}
And the actual exception is :
Unable to make field protected transient int java.util.AbstractList.modCount accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.util" to unnamed module @479d31f3.
I think that this has to do with Unsafe features being locked down. The question is how do I get this to run?
I've looked at properties like :
-XaddExports:java.base/sun.security.provider=ALL-UNNAMED
But can't really tell what it is supposed to look like.
The solutions was indeed to put the correct argument..
as suggested here