RFR: 8284871: Use covariant overrides for the resolveConstantDesc(Lookup) method in sub‑interfaces of java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc [v3]

[ExE Boss]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 17:22:11 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Also remove redundant casts to avoid javac warnings.
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> Chen Liang 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 eight additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Retain a general note in ConstantDesc
>  - Merge branch 'master' into constdesc-override
>  - Update tests to remove useless casts and update copyright year
>  - Merge branch 'master' into constdesc-override
>  - Move MethodTypeDesc api notes to MethodTypeDesc
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk into constdesc-override
>  - Remove redundant casts
>  - Covariant override of resolveConstantDesc for Class/MethodType/MethodHandleDesc

This should probably also remove the now unnecessary casts from the benchmark that was added in [GH‑13252]: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/ed9592c6e81f82e2bf6508ce45ba15aad8232181/test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/java/lang/constant/ReferenceClassDescResolve.java#L57-L70

[GH‑13252]: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/13252

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12986#issuecomment-1496893219