RFR: 8306729: Add nominal descriptors of modules and packages to Constants API [v3]

[Chen Liang]

On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:27:28 GMT, ExE Boss <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Note that other `*Impl` classes in `java.lang.constant` perform validation in their constructors and provide custom `toString()` formatting and they also don’t use records.

Records were only added in Java 16; the constant API was added in 12, so this is not a reason not to use records. But performing validation in constructors is better than in factory methods, to avoid code paths that potentially create invalid instances.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13615#issuecomment-1520491520