RFR: 8349860: Make Class.isArray(), Class.isInterface() and Class.isPrimitive() non-native [v3]

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:29:04 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java line 1297:
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>>> 1295:     // The componentType field's null value is the sole indication that the class is an array,
>>> 1296:     // see isArray().
>>> 1297:     private transient final Class<?> componentType;
>> 
>> Why the `transient` and how does this impact serialization??
>
> The fields in `Class` are just inconsistently transient or not. `Class` has special treatment in the serialization specification, so the presence or absence of the `transient` modifier has no effect.

Thanks Chen.  I was wondering why the other JVM installed fields were transient and this one wasn't so I added it to see if someone noticed and could verify whether it's right or not.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23572#discussion_r1963520059