RFR: 8371953: Document null handling in core reflection APIs [v2]

Chen Liang liach at openjdk.org
Sun Nov 16 15:45:24 UTC 2025


> A lot of core reflection APIs are from antique times, which have their own null handling behavior. Such behaviors are often not documented in the specification; we should document rejected null arguments and accepted null arguments (including array elements) explicitly.
> 
> In the investigation, I found `Class.isNestmateOf` (inconsistent) and `AnnotatedType`'s implementation of `AnnotatedElement` methods (required by specification) are missing null checks. I consider these unlikely to be a user dependency and added new null checks.

Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with three additional commits since the last revision:

 - Rephrase for parameterTypes contains null
 - Rename tests to be more specific
 - Split annotated type new checks to another patch

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336/files/c42f70fb..a93a84ff

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28336&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28336&range=00-01

  Stats: 134 lines in 9 files changed: 4 ins; 103 del; 27 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/28336/head:pull/28336

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336


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