RFR: 8309819: Clarify API note in Class::getName and MethodType::toMethodDescriptorString [v5]

[Chen Liang]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:01:31 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Update the note for getName
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodType.java line 1233:
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>> 1231:      * (JVMS {@jvms 4.3.3}) and a suitable class loader argument. Two distinct
>> 1232:      * classes which share a common name but have different class loaders will
>> 1233:      * appear identical when viewed within descriptor strings.
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> "will appear identical when viewed within descriptor strings".  Would it be clearer to say that have equal descriptor strings?

How about this:
"A method type produced by changing a component type to a distinct class with the same name but a different class loader will have the same descriptor string"

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14411#discussion_r1237878347