[foreign-memaccess+abi] RFR: 8273905: Foreign API refresh [v4]

[Uwe Schindler]

On Sat, 18 Sep 2021 17:20:11 GMT, Uwe Schindler <uschindler at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Maurizio Cimadamore has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   Cleanup up code, following some IDEA suggestions.
>>   * unused imports
>>   * suggestions for new language features
>>   * drop unused impl declarations
>>   * removed size constructor parameter in value layout subclasses (except `OfAddress`)
>
> src/jdk.incubator.foreign/share/classes/jdk/incubator/foreign/MemoryHandles.java line 183:
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>> 181:      * <blockquote><pre>{@code
>> 182:     MemorySegment segment = MemorySegment.allocateNative(2, ResourceScope.newConfinedScope());
>> 183:     VarHandle SHORT_VH = ValueLayout.JAVA_SHORT.varHandle(short.class);
> 
> The parameter `short.class` in this example is obsolete with new API.

There may be other similar problems at other places!

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-foreign/pull/576