RFR: 8350704: Create tests to ensure the failure behavior of core reflection APIs

[Chen Liang]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:41:40 GMT, Mikhail Yankelevich <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Core reflection's generic signature parsing system is used for many aspects, including annotations and enclosing methods, yet it is under-tested. It is better for us to set up tests to ensure that sensitive error behaviors of core reflection remain the same across implementation updates, such as #19281.
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>> This patch also includes a JUnit converted version of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/22581#issuecomment-2521703511 test checking behavior around annotations with duplicate interfaces. Interesting that this causes failure in class, field, and methods (constructors), but not in parameters.
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>> Testing: jdk-tier 1, jdk-tier 2
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> test/jdk/java/lang/annotation/MalformedAnnotationTest.java line 30:
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>> 28:  *          that should stay in refactors
>> 29:  * @library /test/lib
>> 30:  * @comment
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> Minor: Do you need the `@comment` here if it's empty?

Indeed. Looks like a copy-paste error!

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23788#discussion_r1971971308