RFR: JDK-8289106: Add model of class file versions to core reflection [v5]

[ExE Boss]

On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 17:04:51 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Appease jcheck.
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessFlag.java line 101:
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>> 99:     PUBLIC(Modifier.PUBLIC, true,
>> 100:            Set.of(Location.CLASS, Location.FIELD, Location.METHOD,
>> 101:                   Location.INNER_CLASS)) {
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> Is there another way to implement this that does not create 19 anonymous classes with a single overloaded method?

Probably by creating and using shared instances of `java.util.Function` which would also allow deduplicating the code.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9299