On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 22:28:19 GMT, Roger Riggs <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Partial implementation of a spec refactoring to get some feedback before
>> writing similar changes for other core reflection types.
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java line 365:
>
>> 363: * Specific information about {@linkplain #getModifiers()
>> 364: * modifiers} or other aspects of the field should be retrieved
>> 365: * using methods for that purpose.
>
> This is needlessly vague and gives an opportunity to reinforce the preferred
> order of modifiers.
I think you can probably refer to the JLS/JVMS difference, noting JVM
(classfile) information may be missing from this string output, such as
ACC_SYNTHETIC or future ACC_STRICT_INIT.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28688#discussion_r2730183925
