The symbolic constants API (`java.lang.constant`) was designed, in part, to provide bytecode parsing and generation APIs with a validated, common, symbolic form for constants in Java class files.
There is an easy way to create a `ClassDesc` from a binary name (`ClassDesc::of`) or a field descriptor (`ClassDesc::ofDescriptor`) but not from an internal name. But, the internal name is common in low-level bytecode-manipulation code. This patch adds `ClassDesc::ofInternalName` static factory method that creates a `ClassDesc` from class internal name. Class internal name validation and extended ClassDescTest are also parts of this patch. CSR is linked with the issue. Please review. Thank you, Adam ------------- Commit messages: - 8278863: Add method ClassDesc::ofInternalName Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9201/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=9201&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8278863 Stats: 52 lines in 3 files changed: 52 ins; 0 del; 0 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9201.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/9201/head:pull/9201 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9201
