RFR: JDK-8266670: Better modeling of access flags in core reflection [v30]

[Rémi Forax]

On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:42:22 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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>>   Add module-related tests.
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessFlag.java line 428:
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>> 426:                                        ABSTRACT, STRICT, SYNTHETIC)),
>> 427:                           entry(Location.INNER_CLASS,
>> 428:                                 Set.of(PUBLIC, PRIVATE, PROTECTED,
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> Should SUPER be included for INNER_CLASS?

The JVMS does not allow it
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se18/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.7.6

The inner class flags are not the flags on the inner class itself (the class with a '$' in its name) but the flags on the attribute InnerClass inside the outerclass. Those flags are used by javac but not by the VM.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/7445