RFR of constants API

[Vicente Romero]

*note: *forwarding to amber-dev, also I forgot adding that this work was 
done under JEP 303 but will be put back under its own JEP earlier than 303.

Hi all,

I've run javadoc [1] for the three following packages: java.lang, 
java.lang.invoke, and the new java.lang.invoke.constant. The highlights: 
- java.lang.invoke.constant: The ConstantDesc hierarchy, which models 
"descriptors" for constant values. (Interfaces in the ConstantDesc 
hierarchy correspond to the various kinds of constant pool entry in JVMS 
4.4. Just as the JVM resolves a constant pool entry in order to yield a 
value, you can ask a ConstantDesc object to resolve itself in order to 
yield the value "described" by the object.) Also, the factory interface 
Constable, which an ordinary class can implement in order to map its 
constant values to descriptors. - java.lang.invoke: MethodHandle, 
MethodType, and VarHandle implement Constable. Also, new types that 
model type descriptors, field descriptors, and method descriptors from 
JVMS 4.3. Also, the Intrinsics class with methods to instruct the 
compiler to generate `ldc` and `invokedynamic` bytecodes. - java.lang: 
Class, String, Integer, etc implement Constable. Also, Class implements 
j.l.i.FieldTypeDescriptor. Also, String, Integer, etc implement 
ConstantDesc. Also as a reference [2] is the last webrev. Thanks, Vicente

[1]
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vromero/constant.api/javadoc.03/java.base-summary.html
[2]
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vromero/constant.api/webrev.03/constants.api.patch

On 04/27/2018 01:31 PM, Vicente Romero wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please review the current proposal of the constants API, which are 
> nominal descriptor types defined in pkg java.lang.invoke.constant. The 
> code can be found at [1]. This API is being developed in the context 
> of JEP 303: Intrinsics for the LDC and INVOKEDYNAMIC Instructions [2]
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments,
> Vicente
>
> [1] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vromero/constant.api/webrev.00
> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/303

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