[code-reflection] RFR: Add common supertype for type-variable owners

[Paul Sandoz]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:03:36 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is a followup of https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/64
> 
> The goal is to define a common supertype for type-variable owner, namely `Type>
> 
> This is a sealed interface implemented by both `MethodRef` and `ClassType`.

Marked as reviewed by psandoz (Lead).

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/code/type/JavaType.java line 274:

> 272:      * @return a type-variable reference.
> 273:      */
> 274:     static TypeVarRef typeVarRef(String name, ClassType owner, JavaType bound) {

Collapse the two `typeVarRef` methods to one accepting `Owner`?

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/66#pullrequestreview-2029118258
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/66#discussion_r1583450911