RFR: 8292818: replace 96-bit representation for field metadata with variable-sized streams [v4]

[Frederic Parain]

On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:53:37 GMT, Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Frederic Parain has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Fixes includes and style
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> src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk/vm/ci/meta/ResolvedJavaField.java line 48:
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>> 46:      * Returns VM internal flags associated with this field
>> 47:      */
>> 48:     int getInternalModifiers();
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> We've never exposed the internal modifiers before in public JVMCI API and we should refrain from doing so until there's a good reason to do so. Please remove this method.

Access to internal modifiers is needed in `HotSpotResolvedJavaFieldTest.testEquivalenceForInternalFields()`. I moved the declaration of the method to `HotSpotResolvedJavaField`. Does this change work for you?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12855