On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:51:52 GMT, Joel Sikström <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> We should consider moving the enum ArrayProperties from ArrayKlass to its own 
> class, ArrayProperties. In addition to making the code easier to read and 
> understand, this allows us to have explicit setters/getters, replacing the 
> bit-fiddling expressions that are used in many places. The 
> ArrayProperties-specific methods in ArrayKlass have been moved to be methods 
> in the new ArrayProperties class instead.
> 
> Perhaps the most controversial change in this PR is the removal of 
> `ArrayKlass::ArrayProperties::DEFAULT` in favor of using a default 
> constructor for ArrayProperties. The semantics are still the same, i.e., 
> asking `.is_null_restricted()` or `.is_non_atomic()` will be false for the 
> default constructed property. With this I've also removed the unused fields 
> from ArrayProperties (DUMMY and comments).
> 
> I did consider using define macros to generate enum+getters+setters, but I 
> opted for the stamped-out version instead.
> 
> Testing:
> * Oracle's tier1-4

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: c1bb865c
Author:    Joel Sikström <[email protected]>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/commit/c1bb865cf4e66c686fce98bb7f8dbf1b8b21ce2f
Stats:     274 lines in 25 files changed: 106 ins; 52 del; 116 mod

8378000: [lworld] Move ArrayProperties to its own class

Reviewed-by: fparain, phubner

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2114

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