[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8341779: [REDO BACKPORT] type annotations are not visible to javac plugins across compilation boundaries (JDK-8225377) [v9]

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:24:35 GMT, Liam Miller-Cushon <cushon at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java line 2298:
>> 
>>> 2296:             }
>>> 2297:             t.interfaces_field = interfaces.toList();
>>> 2298:             t.supertype_field = addTypeAnnotations(t.supertype_field, classExtends(65535));
>> 
>> can we use a named constant here instead of a literal?
>
> That happened as a different change: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8340024
> 
> My understanding was that the best practice for backports was to minimize the number of changes from the original patch, and if a chain of related changes needed to be backported to do them all as separate changes, is that accurate? Would you like me to backport that one as well?

@cushon You could fold this change into this one. It makes sense to backport them both. Then use `/issue add JDK-8340024` on this PR.

-------------

PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/1251#discussion_r2044855479