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

[Chen Liang]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:33:33 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Migrates the CreateSymbols tool to use the ClassFile API, away from com.sun.tools.classfile.
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>> 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.
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> 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:
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>  - 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

Thanks Nizar, Jan, and Magnus for the reviews!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24212#issuecomment-2790001750