On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 14:23:07 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Over the years there have been significant rounds of cleanup to try and keep > the classfile API as focussed and true to its underlying functional core as > possible. One of the side-effects of such cleanups was to move higher-level > functionalities from the root classfile API package `java.lang.classfile` to > a separate package -- `java.lang.classfile.util`, then renamed to the current > `java.lang.classfile.components`. > > As is natural, most of the review cycles over the last few years have been > spent on making sure that the functional core of the classfile API was fit > for purpose, and good enough to tackle existing use cases, both within and > without the JDK. A consequence of that is that the > `java.lang.classfile.components` received, in comparison, relatively little > reviewing attention. When we had a chance to look at this again [1], it > quickly became clear that, while the functionalities provided by the classes > in this package are generally useful, they have evolved in a rather ad-hoc > fashion. Some functionalities, like `ClassPrinter`, are probably closer to > belong to the core API than the `components` package suggests. Other > functionalities (e.g. `CodeStackTracker`), seem more peripheral and, while > useful, have received little to no feedback. > > For these reasons, and in order to deliver the best classfile API we can, we > would like to buy us some time to reevaluate the classes in this package. > Unfortunately, given the little time left available to make changes in Java > 24, the only realistic option left available to us is to temporarily move the > `java.lang.classfile.components` to an internal package > (`jdk.internal.classfile.components`). While this is unfortunate, we still > believe it would be a better course of action than to ship the `components` > package in its current state. > > [1] - > https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/classfile-api-dev/2024-December/000613.html Marked as reviewed by asotona (Reviewer). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22544#pullrequestreview-2479242574
