RFR: 8374749: Clarify AnnotationValue specification

[Joe Darcy]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 08:57:30 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Make the correspondence between AnnotationValue cases and the cases listed in JLS 9.6.1 more explicit.
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> src/java.compiler/share/classes/javax/lang/model/element/AnnotationValue.java line 33:
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>> 31:  * <ul><li> a wrapper class, such as {@link Integer} to represent a primitive type
>> 32:  *     <li> {@code String} representing a {@code String}
>> 33:  *     <li> {@code TypeMirror} representing a {@code Class}
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> Shuld we call these string literal and class literal? JLS 3.10.5, 15.8.2

Hmm. The string value isn't necessarily a literal per se as the original value could be from a constant string-valued expression. Change "Class" to "Class literal" might be better; let me think about a bit.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29101#discussion_r2673356236