RFR: JDK-8177107: Reduce memory footprint of java.lang.reflect.Constructor/Method

Wed Mar 2 20:42:09 UTC 2022

On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 20:28:45 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Refactoring of Method and Constructor to share a single empty array for parameters and exceptions as well as type variables.
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> Existing core reflection regression tests pass with the change.

PS I'll update the copyrights before pushing.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7667