> This PR suggests introducing an internal class in `java.base` to simplify the 
> use of some `MethodHandles.Lookup` operations.
> 
> While the utility of the methods might appear to be limited in classes with 
> many static `VarHandle`/`MethodHandle` variables, it should be noted that the 
> class files become smaller and simpler. Here are some examples:
> 
> | Class File                                      | Base [Bytes] | Patch 
> [Byte] |
> | --------------------------------| ------------- | ------------ |
> | FutureTask.class                          |            10,255 |          
> 10,123 |
> | AtomicBoolean.class                   |             5,364 |            
> 5,134 |
> |AtomicMarkableReference.class |             3,890 |           3,660 |
> 
> ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fdcbbdfe-c906-4e50-a48c-4944c53c08cc)
> 
> The new `MethodHandlesInternal.class` file is of size 1,952 bytes.
> 
> In total for `java.base` we have:
> 
> | Build map "jdk"  | Size [Bytes] |
> | ---------------| ------------- |
> | Base                 |     5,906,457 |
> | Patch                |     5,905,487 |
> | Delta                 |                940|
> 
> For 60 billion instances, this represents > 50 TB.
> 
> Tried and passed tier1-3

Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional 
commits since the last revision:

 - Update javadoc
 - Rename utility class

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20972/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20972/files/e2e935b2..7f140322

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=20972&range=03
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=20972&range=02-03

  Stats: 82 lines in 31 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 82 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20972.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/20972/head:pull/20972

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20972

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