RFR: 8331497: Implement JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking [v14]

[Ioi Lam]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:38:20 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is an implementation of [JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking](https://openjdk.org/jeps/483).
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>> Note: this is a combined PR of the following individual PRs
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20516
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20517
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20843
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20958
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20959
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21049
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21143
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> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Fixed test after security manager removal

Thanks everyone for the review and support!
I ran tiers 1~8 several times in the past few days when merging with mainline. No regressions found.
GHA error is timeout and seems to be unrelated. Integrating now.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21642#issuecomment-2480037673