RFR: 8356941: AbstractMethodError in HotSpot Due to Incorrect Handling of Private Method [v5]

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:47:02 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Private methods should never be considered as the implementation of a default method.
>> 
>> The first commit adds some additional logging I used to track down what was happening. I like it, but if reviewers think it too much I can drop it.
>> 
>> The second commit is the actual fix to exclude private methods, and adds the missing test case to the existing defmeth tests.
>> 
>> Testing:
>>  - tiers 1-4
>> 
>> Thanks
>
> David Holmes has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   typo

I'm a bit happier that the comment is now not duplicated, since neither was helpful to me.  This new comment is better.

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Marked as reviewed by coleenp (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26302#pullrequestreview-3039867782