> 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 outdated visitor pattern on a tree model and contains unnecessary 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.
Chen Liang has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains four additional commits since the last revision: - Improve BytecodeDescriptor error message - Years, test facelift - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/new-generic-info - 8333377: Migrate Generic Signature parsing to ClassFile API ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19281/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19281/files/dea7a235..5745bfd0 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=19281&range=04 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=19281&range=03-04 Stats: 260667 lines in 7833 files changed: 131422 ins; 99508 del; 29737 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19281.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/19281/head:pull/19281 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19281
