How does Java compiler handle statically resolvable calls to non-static methods?

Question

Do java compilers (javac or eclipse) try to compile method calls as static when the target method is known statically (even if it's not a static method). Eg.

class A { 
    void foo() { doStuff(); }
}
...
A a = new A();
a.foo(); // is this compiled as virtual call or static call?

Answer 1

See my response at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3669071/how-to-find-out-what-optimizations-the-jvm-applied-to-my-code/3669222#3669222