Integrated: 8311084: Add typeSymbol() API for applicable constant pool entries

[Chen Liang]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:59:30 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

> 5 Constant Pool entries, namely ConstantDynamicEntry, InvokeDynamicEntry, FieldRefEntry, MethodRefEntry, and InterfaceMethodRefEntry should have a typeSymbol() API to return the nominal/symbolic descriptor (ClassDesc or MethodTypeDesc).
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> This API is not added to NameAndTypeEntry itself, for a NameAndTypeEntry only knows if its type should be a field or method type from the other entries that refer to it.
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> This is one of the issues discussed in this mailing list thread: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/classfile-api-dev/2023-June/000381.html

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 1749ba26
Author:    Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org>
Committer: Adam Sotona <asotona at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/1749ba265b5761dbe2d9d77dac559984b179adf9
Stats:     48 lines in 7 files changed: 44 ins; 0 del; 4 mod

8311084: Add typeSymbol() API for applicable constant pool entries

Reviewed-by: briangoetz, asotona

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14706