Integrated: 8373615: Improve HotSpot debug functions findclass() and findmethod

[Ioi Lam]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:40:24 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I used the `findclass` and `findmethod` functions in debug.cpp  a lot when debugging problems with class metadata.
> 
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/6ec36d348b1eaeedb993a905e42650242fac0918/src/hotspot/share/utilities/debug.cpp#L583-L603 
> 
> This REF improves these functions by:
> 
> - Sorting the names of classes and methods
> - Allow "." to be used in class names. So both `findclass("java.lang.Object")` and `findclass("java/lang/Object")` would work
> - Print the C++/Java objects that represent classes and methods.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: b0b42e7e
Author:    Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/b0b42e7eb14dbe04c9c00e8d1fda139a502f2120
Stats:     186 lines in 3 files changed: 141 ins; 9 del; 36 mod

8373615: Improve HotSpot debug functions findclass() and findmethod

Reviewed-by: matsaave, asmehra

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28796