Correct Reflective Access to Interface Default Methods in Java 8, 9, 10

CallDefaultMethodThroughReflection.java

// Compile on JDK 9 or 10 with javac -source 1.8 -target 1.8 CallDefaultMethodThroughReflection.java
// Blog post here: https://blog.jooq.org/2018/03/28/correct-reflective-access-to-interface-default-methods-in-java-8-9-10

import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup;
import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;


interface PrivateInaccessible {
    default void quack() {
        System.out.println(" -> PrivateInaccessible.quack()");
    }
}

public class CallDefaultMethodThroughReflection {
    interface PrivateAccessible {
        default void quack() {
            System.out.println(" -> PrivateAccessible.quack()");
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("PrivateAccessible");
        System.out.println("-----------------");
        System.out.println();
        proxy(PrivateAccessible.class).quack();

        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("PrivateInaccessible");
        System.out.println("-------------------");
        System.out.println();
        proxy(PrivateInaccessible.class).quack();
    }

    private static void quack(Lookup lookup, Class<?> type, Object proxy) {
        System.out.println("Lookup.in(type).unreflectSpecial(...)");

        try {
            lookup.in(type)
                  .unreflectSpecial(type.getMethod("quack"), type)
                  .bindTo(proxy)
                  .invokeWithArguments();
        }
        catch (Throwable e) {
            System.out.println(" -> " + e.getClass() + ": " + e.getMessage());
        }

        System.out.println("Lookup.findSpecial(...)");
        try {
            lookup.findSpecial(type, "quack", MethodType.methodType(void.class, new Class[0]), type)
                  .bindTo(proxy)
                  .invokeWithArguments();
        }
        catch (Throwable e) {
            System.out.println(" -> " + e.getClass() + ": " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static <T> T proxy(Class<T> type) {
        return (T) Proxy.newProxyInstance(
            Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(),
            new Class[] { type },
            (Object proxy, Method method, Object[] arguments) -> {
                System.out.println("MethodHandles.lookup()");
                quack(MethodHandles.lookup(), type, proxy);

                try {
                    System.out.println();
                    System.out.println("Lookup(Class)");
                    Constructor<Lookup> constructor = Lookup.class.getDeclaredConstructor(Class.class);
                    constructor.setAccessible(true);
                    constructor.newInstance(type);
                    quack(constructor.newInstance(type), type, proxy);
                }
                catch (Exception e) {
                    System.out.println(" -> " + e.getClass() + ": " + e.getMessage());
                }

                try {
                    System.out.println();
                    System.out.println("MethodHandles.privateLookupIn()");
                    quack(MethodHandles.privateLookupIn(type, MethodHandles.lookup()), type, proxy);
                }
                catch (Error e) {
                    System.out.println(" -> " + e.getClass() + ": " + e.getMessage());
                }

                return null;
            }
        );
    }
}