RFR: JDK-8296743: Tighten Class.getModifiers spec for array classes [v3]

[Mandy Chung]

On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:12:56 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Update the spec of Class.getModifiers to match long-standing behavior for primitive and array classes. Remove unneeded implementation flexibility with regard to setting other bit positions. This work was prompted to better support anticipated future Valhalla changes.
>> 
>> Please also review the CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8297237
>
> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Respond to review feedback.

Looks good.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java line 1346:

> 1344:      *  If this {@code Class} object represents a primitive type or
> 1345:      *  void, the flags are {@code PUBLIC}, {@code ABSTRACT}, and
> 1346:      *  {@code FINAL}.

Nit: extra space after `*` in L1344-1346.

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Marked as reviewed by mchung (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11229