RFR: 8331291: java.lang.classfile.Attributes class performs a lot of static initializations [v8]

[Claes Redestad]

On Mon, 6 May 2024 18:24:25 GMT, Adam Sotona <asotona at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi,
>> During performance optimization work on Class-File API as JDK lambda generator we found some static initialization killers.
>> One of them is `java.lang.classfile.Attributes` with tens of static fields initialized with individual attribute mappers, and common set of all mappers, and static map from attribute names to the mappers.
>> 
>> I propose to turn all the static fields into lazy-initialized static methods and remove `PREDEFINED_ATTRIBUTES` and `standardAttribute(Utf8Entry name)` static mapping method from the `Attributes` API class.
>>  
>> Please let me know your comments or objections and please review the [PR](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/19006) and [CSR](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8331414), so we can make it into 23.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Adam
>
> Adam Sotona has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   fixed tests

Thank you for this!

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Marked as reviewed by redestad (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19006#pullrequestreview-2054638558