[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8333824: Unused ClassValue in VarHandles

[Satyen Subramaniam]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:53:56 GMT, Satyen Subramaniam <ssubramaniam at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Backporting JDK-8333824: Unused ClassValue in VarHandles. Removes completely unused code. Likely a leftover. Ran GHA Sanity Checks and local Tier 1 and Tier 2 tests. Patch should be clean.

Good point - in JDK <=21 we use that import later in the file [here](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk21u-dev/blob/master/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/VarHandles.java#L318). Since we're using it, thinking we would only remove the unused code.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/1063#issuecomment-2420234377