On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:01:23 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Core reflection's generic signature parsing uses an ancient library with > outdated visitor pattern on a tree model and contains unnecessary > boilerplates. This is a duplication of ClassFile API's signature model. We > should just move to ClassFile API, which is more throughoutly tested as well. > > To ensure compatibility, new tests are added to ensure consistent behavior > when encountering malformed signatures or signatures with missing types. The > reflective objects have been preserved and the only change is that lazy > expansion now happens from CF objects, to reduce compatibility risks. I think I'll need to be one of the reviews on this, but don't anticipate being able to review it before JDK 23 rampdown. Therefore, I think this would be appropriate to be targeted to JDK 24. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19281#issuecomment-2143066139
