RFR: 8277072: ObjectStreamClass caches keep ClassLoaders alive [v3]

[Roman Kennke]

> The caches in ObjectStreamClass basically map WeakReference<Class> to SoftReference<ObjectStreamClass>, where the ObjectStreamClass also references the same Class. That means that the cache entry, and thus the class and its class-loader, will not get reclaimed, unless the GC determines that memory pressure is very high.
> 
> However, this seems bogus, because that unnecessarily keeps ClassLoaders and all its classes alive much longer than necessary: as soon as a ClassLoader (and all its classes) become unreachable, there is no point in retaining the stuff in OSC's caches.
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> The proposed change is to use WeakReference instead of SoftReference for the values in caches.
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> Testing:
>  - [x] tier1
>  - [x] tier2
>  - [x] tier3
>  - [ ] tier4

Roman Kennke 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 remote-tracking branch 'jdk-plevart/JDK-8277072-peter' into JDK-8277072
 - Use ClassValue to solve JDK-8277072
 - Use ForceGC instead of System.gc()
 - Convert test to testng
 - Fix indentation of new testcase
 - 8277072: ObjectStreamClass caches keep ClassLoaders alive

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375/files/6f099c9c..2ed745b3

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6375&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6375&range=01-02

  Stats: 943784 lines in 2433 files changed: 495164 ins; 434236 del; 14384 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/6375/head:pull/6375

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375