RFR: 8294982: Implementation of Classfile API [v15]

Fri Feb 17 11:46:58 UTC 2023

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:48:49 GMT, Adam Sotona <asotona at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The main difference is that if the given entry is not directly applicable (when it comes from 3rd constant pool or when the pool is not shared during transformation) - a new or matching entry to the target pool is returned.
>> This is not a builder pattern, this is projection of an entry to the target CP and it also prevents duplicates.
>
> `maybeClone` is not the main avenue, it is rather a helper method and I'll look at details if it is necessary too expose it.

`ConstantPoolBuilder::maybeClone` and `PoolEntry::clone` have been pulled from API to implementation

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