RFR: 8310310: Migrate CreateSymbols tool in make/langtools to Classfile API [v2]

Chen Liang liach at openjdk.org
Tue Apr 8 20:33:33 UTC 2025


> Migrates the CreateSymbols tool to use the ClassFile API, away from com.sun.tools.classfile.
> 
> Need the boot jdk `--with-boot-jdk=` to be 24; thus a draft for now; but this is open to reviews.
> 
> Together with #24206, the old com.sun.tools.classfile can be removed from the JDK.

Chen Liang 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 six additional commits since the last revision:

 - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/migrate-create-symbols
 - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/migrate-create-symbols
 - Other references to remove
 - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/migrate-create-symbols
 - FieldDescription.constantValue uses Integer for byte and short
 - 8310310: Migrate CreateSymbols tool in make/langtools to Classfile API

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24212/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24212/files/df57ca1e..e3d1a4ea

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24212&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24212&range=00-01

  Stats: 2874 lines in 118 files changed: 2267 ins; 175 del; 432 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24212.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/24212/head:pull/24212

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24212


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