RFR: 8310242: Clarify the name parameter to Class::forName [v4]

[Chen Liang]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 13:56:15 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This changes look okay but they do make me wonder if we should add a note to the 2-arg Class.forName to make it clear that it does not allow class names for array types, the class name has to be a binary name.

In its specification:
"This method attempts to locate and load the class or interface."

"Class or interface" already precludes array classes or primitive types (8 types + void). If we need, we can add that it doesn't find primitive types or array classes.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14528#issuecomment-1597172838