RFR: 8252180: [JEP 390] Deprecate wrapper class constructors for removal

[Dan Smith]

On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 17:49:09 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The public constructors of the following classes have been deprecated since SE 9, and should be deprecated for removal
> in anticipation of these classes becoming inline classes.
> java.lang.Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, and Character.
> 
> Existing uses of the constructors are converted to use the .valueOf(xxx) methods in classes and tests.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java line 776:

> 774:
> 775:     @Override
> 776:     @SuppressWarnings({"deprecation", "removal"})

What's going to happen to these warning suppressions when we actually remove (make private) the constructors? Is the
intent to just defer that problem until it happens?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/valhalla/pull/221