RFR: 8332547: Unloaded signature classes in DirectMethodHandles

[Vladimir Ivanov]

On Tue, 21 May 2024 20:14:41 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Class loading triggered by `Class.forName()` call is at the core of `isTypeVisible`. (The rest is fast path checks.) It's what makes `isTypeVisible` query idempotent. 
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>> I can definitely name it differently (e.g, `ensureTypeVisible`), but making a separate class loading pass across signature classes doesn't make much sense.
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>> I can definitely name it differently (e.g, ensureTypeVisible), but making a separate class loading pass across signature classes doesn't make much sense.
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> Ok, in that case I suggest also renaming `MemberName::checkForTypeAlias`, maybe to `ensureTypeVisible` as well.

@JornVernee ok, renamed.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19319#issuecomment-2145967665