[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8335619: Add an @apiNote to j.l.i.ClassFileTransformer to warn about recursive class loading and ClassCircularityErrors

Wed Jul 23 17:52:05 UTC 2025

On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:05:16 GMT, Francesco Andreuzzi <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Almost clean backport of JDK-8335619, except for a conflict in the copyright header (year). Adds useful information for users of `java.lang.instrument`.

Hi @fandreuz, 
this change might need a CSR if backported, or even a change of the standard.  Can you please check 
with Joe Darcy that it is fine to backport this as-is?  
I'll remove the label in the meantime.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/2012#issuecomment-3109562521