RFR: 8246797: A convenient method to read OPTIONAL element [v2]

[Valerie Peng]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:04:01 GMT, Valerie Peng <valeriep at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Weijun Wang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   best practice for reading DEFAULT, switch expression, etc
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> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/util/DerValue.java line 319:
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>> 317: 
>> 318:     /**
>> 319:      * Wraps a byte array at a single DerValue.
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> nit: at=>as

There is already a pkg private constructor with exactly same list of arguments. What is the reason for adding a new public static method vs change the pkg private constructor to public?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5221