RFR: 8294982: Implementation of Classfile API [v13]

[Adam Sotona]

On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 16:07:00 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Adam Sotona has updated the pull request incrementally with three additional commits since the last revision:
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>>  - javadoc fixes
>>  - obsolete identifiers and unused imports cleanup
>>  - TypeAnnotation.TypePathComponent cleanup
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> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/attribute/NestMembersAttribute.java line 72:
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>> 70:      * @param nestMembers the member classes of the nest
>> 71:      */
>> 72:     static NestMembersAttribute ofSymbols(List<ClassDesc> nestMembers) {
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> I see that in some classes we use the `Symbols` prefix, in others we just use `of` - we should try to make the more consistent (in the future).

`ofSymbols` is an alternative to `of` when conflicting method parameters.
In such case `of` refers to CP entries and `ofSymbols` refer to independent symbols describing the objects, like for example `ClassDesc`, `MethodTypeDesc`, `PackageDesc`

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10982