RFR: 8066821(S) Enhance command line processing to manage deprecating and obsoleting -XX command line arguments

[Derek White]

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~drwhite/8066821/webrev.00/
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8066821

This webrev adds support for handling "/deprecated/" -XX options 
(options that still *do* something but are planned for removal) and 
"/alias/" options (alternate names for other -XX options) by simply 
adding entries to the deprecated_jvm_flags and/or aliased_jvm_flags 
tables. This follows the
example of the existing obsolete_jvm_flags table.

This replaces a lot of ad-hoc and occasionally wrong code in 
arguments.cpp (including Arguments::check_deprecated_gc_flags) as well 
as supporting automatically disabling options after a certain version.

Removed Code:
  - Removed global DefaultMaxRAMFraction, which was an "improper" alias 
for "MaxRAMFraction" (two variables that were roughly kept in sync vs. 
two names for the same variable).
  - Arguments::check_deprecated_gc_flags().
  - Alias handling code in Arguments::parse_each_vm_init_arg().
It also avoids future ad-hoc and occasionally wrong code as new options 
get aliased and deprecated.

Tests:
Deprecated and alias options can be tested by adding entries to tables 
in new tests:
   VMAliasOptions.java
   VMDeprecatedOptions.java

The new tests subsume these existing tests:
   test/gc/startup_warnings/TestDefaultMaxRAMFraction.java
   test/gc/startup_warnings/TestNoParNew.java


Tests run:
     jprt
     jtreg

Thanks,

  - Derek
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