Integrated: 8357220: Introduce a BSMAttributeEntry struct

[Johan Sjölen]

On Mon, 19 May 2025 07:35:16 GMT, Johan Sjölen <jsjolen at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>  The constant pool currently has a lot of methods specific to extracting parts of the operands array. What this array actually is, is a sequence of bootstrap method attribute entries, where each entry has the following components:
> 
> ```c++
> struct BSMAE {
>   u2 bootstrap_method_index;
>   u2 argument_count;
>   u2 arguments[argument_count];
> }
> 
> 
> We can removes some of these operands array specific methods, and instead allows you to extract BSMAttributeEntrys which you can then use to extract its piece wise components. This makes for a nicer interface, and a bit easier to come into as a reader of the code, as it more closely mirrors the JVMS. 
> 
> Please consider!
> 
> Testing: Currently GHA, running tier1-tier3

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 3d35b408
Author:    Johan Sjölen <jsjolen at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/3d35b408e1e69d7e3953af142c5bf606691fbeb8
Stats:     115 lines in 7 files changed: 42 ins; 31 del; 42 mod

8357220: Introduce a BSMAttributeEntry struct

Co-authored-by: John R Rose <jrose at openjdk.org>
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, coleenp, matsaave

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25298