On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 19:48:48 GMT, Pavel Rappo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please review this explorative refactoring for VisibleMemberTable (VMT).
> 
> This is the first round of refactoring for VMT. This round is about *method 
> members*: declared (overriding and not) and inherited.
> 
> During this work I gained some insight into internal workings of VMT, fixed 
> what was feasible and left TODOs and FIXMEs for everything else. Leaving 
> those comments might look untidy, but leaving them out is wasteful: they 
> clearly mark issues that should be revisited in upcoming rounds of 
> refactoring.
> 
> As I see it today, the main issue with VMT is that implements complex and 
> error-prone computations from Java Language Specification (JLS) by hand. For 
> example, VMT interprets JLS rules for relations such as _inherits_, 
> _overrides_ and _hides_. As one would imagine, sometimes VMT does it 
> incorrectly. It would be better to eventually re-implement VMT using 
> `javax.lang.model` as much as possible. Unlike that of `jdk.javadoc`, the day 
> job of `javax.lang.model` is to provide JLS services.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 7bbc5e0e
Author:    Pavel Rappo <[email protected]>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/7bbc5e0efbcbf97e8c1d4e889bd06c33c5f4eaa5
Stats:     711 lines in 13 files changed: 395 ins; 176 del; 140 mod

8300517: Refactor VisibleMemberTable (method members)

Reviewed-by: jjg

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12887

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