On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:55:44 GMT, Adam Sotona <asot...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this patch that adds a test by @nizarbenalla to perform null 
>> checks across the ClassFile API. This is an updated version of #20556 that 
>> minimizes impact on our implementation code.
>> 
>> Notes:
>> 1. There's one change in `MethodHandleProxies` to explicitly use platform 
>> class loader instead of `null` for boot class loader. Tests work fine.
>> 2. The null check test uses the same set of classes as CorpusTest to make it 
>> suitable for tier 1.
>> 3. The test is not comprehensive; currently it is permissive toward IAE, 
>> because sometimes some substitution arguments are invalid, especially 
>> primitive ClassDesc or Opcode with wrong types.
>
> test/jdk/jdk/classfile/NullHostileTest.java line 1:
> 
>> 1: /*
> 
> I'm a bit worried about maintainability of such complex parametrized test 
> with hard-listed method signatures in a text form. I would recommend to find 
> better location/category and tier for the test.

Perhaps the parameters could be annotated with a **JDK**‑internal `@Nullable` 
annotation, which would then be used by the test to determine whether the 
parameter is supposed to allow `null`s.

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This would also ease future migration to [Null‑Restricted and Nullable Types].

[Null‑Restricted and Nullable Types]: https://openjdk.org/jeps/8303099

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21458#discussion_r1796699729

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