RFR: 8143926: ObjectStreamField constructor eagerly load ObjectStreamClass

[Chris Hegarty]

On 30/11/15 11:31, Claes Redestad wrote:
>
> On 2015-11-30 11:38, Chris Hegarty wrote:
>>> I'm OK with moving these utility methods to a more neutral place, but
>>> since the BytecodeDescriptor utilities are public for now, maybe this
>>> should be a follow-up once/if
>>> these classes become properly encapsulated?
>>
>> I see that BytecodeDescriptor has methods that offer similar
>> functionality, but if the primary motivation is to reduce the
>> number of classes loaded when ObjectStreamField is loaded, then
>> maybe the simplest thing to do is to move getClassSignature
>> to ObjectStreamField?
>
> Yes, this would be the primary motivation, and shuffling some methods
> from ObjectStreamClass to ObjectStreamField works for this purpose. Mind
> if I tidy things up a bit?
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~redestad/8143926/webrev.03

This looks ok to me Claes.

-Chris.