RFR: 8309634: Resolve CONSTANT_MethodRef at CDS dump time [v2]

[Matias Saavedra Silva]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 03:11:41 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Resolve `CONSTANT_MethodRef` entries during CDS dump time to improve start-up performance.
>> 
>> - This PR uses the same framework introduced in #19355 and just added handling for methods.
>> - Support for getstatic/putstatic/invokestatic will be done separately in [JDK-8334898](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8334898)
>
> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains four additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8309634-resolve-methods-at-dumptime
>  - @calvinccheung and @matias9927 comments
>  - Fixed whitespaces
>  - 8309634: Resolve CONSTANT_MethodRef at CDS dump time

Thanks for the updates!

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Marked as reviewed by matsaave (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19866#pullrequestreview-2142647343