RFR: 8265130: Make ConstantDesc class hierarchy sealed [v2]

[Mandy Chung]

On Thu, 20 May 2021 21:32:05 GMT, Gavin Bierman <gbierman at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Please review this patch to make the ConstantDesc hierarchy `sealed`, as was promised in its Javadoc, now that sealed classes are finalising in JDK 17. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Gavin
>
> Gavin Bierman has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Removing javadoc comments about future use of sealed

Looks like `constants.patch` is accidentally added in this commit.  That should be removed.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/constant/DynamicConstantDesc.java line 59:

> 57:  * @since 12
> 58:  */
> 59: non-sealed public abstract class DynamicConstantDesc<T>

can you explain why `DynamicConstantDesc` is non-sealed?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4135