Integrated: 8308842: Consolidate exceptions thrown from Class-File API

[Adam Sotona]

On Thu, 25 May 2023 08:29:37 GMT, Adam Sotona <asotona at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Class-File API actually throws wide variety of exceptions based on the actual situation. Complete error handling code must cover `IndexOutOfBoundsException`, `IllegalStateException` and `IllegalArgumentException`. 
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> Based on previous discussions we decided to consolidate on `IllegalArgumentException` with possible sub-classes. 
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> It allows easy common error handling in majority of use case, however it allows also to distinguish source of the error when needed (for example `javap` needs to know if the exception comes from constant poll or not). 
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> Newly introduced `ConstantPoolException` extends `IllegalArgumentException` to indicate the source of the problem is in constant pool. 
> 
> Please review.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 4b8922f5
Author:    Adam Sotona <asotona at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/4b8922f57611d06a9bea5c94e2f4493dc42a2053
Stats:     154 lines in 15 files changed: 90 ins; 7 del; 57 mod

8308842: Consolidate exceptions thrown from Class-File API

Reviewed-by: briangoetz

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14143