On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 19:48:49 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> 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 outdated visitor pattern on a tree model and contains unnecessary 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 pull request now contains one commit:
> 
>   8333377: Migrate Generic Signature parsing to ClassFile API

Sorry for the force push - Too many commits meaning fixing merge conflicts in 
every single one of them was a bit complicated.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19281#issuecomment-2523787574

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