This would encourage Classfile API users to use the descriptors as constants, which can improve performance by avoiding repeated validation and reusing cached descriptor strings for MethodTypeDesc. This patch updates usages in the main codebase and benchmarks; tests are left untouched.
------------- Commit messages: - 8310848: Convert ClassDesc and MethodTypeDesc to be stored in static final fields Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14640/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=14640&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8310848 Stats: 242 lines in 6 files changed: 62 ins; 93 del; 87 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14640.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/14640/head:pull/14640 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14640
