RFR: 8336755: Remove unused UNALIGNED field from Direct non-byte Buffers

[Chen Liang]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:21:39 GMT, Andrey Turbanov <aturbanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/Direct-X-Buffer.java.template line 70:
>> 
>>> 68: #if[byte]
>>> 69:     // Cached unaligned-access capability
>>> 70:     protected static final boolean UNALIGNED = Bits.unaligned();
>> 
>> Can you drop the protected modifier and check that it builds?
>
> Yes, it builds when I drop modifier.
> 
>     // Cached unaligned-access capability
>     static final boolean UNALIGNED = Bits.unaligned();

Indeed, we should remove the protected modifier in a package-private class.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20233#discussion_r1682748975