> In the `class` file format, a lot of the values are `u1` or `u2`; the 
> Class-File API consistently model them with `int`. However, the API does not, 
> in general, validate that int values passed to the factory methods are not 
> out of the bounds as defined in the class file format. This patch proposes to 
> add such validation for factory methods accepting such more narrow data, 
> prepared by examining all `int`-accepting methods in the Class-File API.
> 
> I expect this to have a small compatibility impact - besides the -1 for the 
> minor version, there is no other places where most significant bits are ever 
> meaningful, and I special cased it and consistently fail fast for all other 
> OOB values, which always mean programmer errors.
> 
> A CSR will be created soon as well.

Chen Liang has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge 
or a rebase. The pull request now contains six commits:

 - New u2 central info stage
 - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into 
fix/cf-u2-validation
 - Package-level information
 - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into 
fix/cf-u2-validation
 - Fix style
 - 8361614: Missing sub-int value validation in the Class-File API

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Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26201/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=26201&range=04
  Stats: 693 lines in 43 files changed: 502 ins; 58 del; 133 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26201.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/26201/head:pull/26201

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26201

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