RFR: 8310242: Clarify the name parameter to Class::forName

[Roger Riggs]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:58:08 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR clarifies the spec of the 3-arg Class::forName  regarding the format of the name for an array type which is of the form: one or more of "[" + binary name of the element type + ";'.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java line 444:

> 442:      * one or more {@code '['} followed by the binary name of the element type
> 443:      * and {@code ';'}, the element type of the array class is loaded but
> 444:      * not initialized.

Do arrays of primitive types need special treatment?  For example, "[I"

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14528#discussion_r1232734681