RFR: 8294982: Implementation of Classfile API [v36]

[Paul Sandoz]

On Fri, 3 Mar 2023 15:50:33 GMT, Adam Sotona <asotona at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/instruction/NewMultiArrayInstruction.java line 60:
>> 
>>> 58:     static NewMultiArrayInstruction of(ClassEntry arrayTypeEntry,
>>> 59:                                        int dimensions) {
>>> 60:         return new AbstractInstruction.UnboundNewMultidimensionalArrayInstruction(arrayTypeEntry, dimensions);
>> 
>> Should we validate that the dimensionality of `arrayType` is greater than or equal to `dimensions`?
>
> Architectural decision is to do not provide much of validation in favour of performance, however it might be re-visited in cases like this. Please raise the validation topic at classfile-api-dev at openjdk.org, thanks.

Ok.

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