[CC'ing core-libs-dev]
> On Nov 13, 2015, at 4:55 AM, Konstantin Shefov <konstantin.she...@oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Please review an enhancement to add three new methods to
> sun.reflect.ConstantPool class.
> The following methods are suggested:
>
> public String[] getNameAndTypeRefInfoAt(int index) - returns string
> representation of name and type from a NameAndType constant pool entry with
> the specified index
>
> public String[] getInvokedynamicRefInfoAt(int index) - returns string
> representation of name and type from an InvokeDynamic constant pool entry
> with the specified index
>
> public Tag getTagAt(int index) - returns a Tag enum instance of a constant
> pool entry with the specified index
>
> These three methods could be used for testing API working with constant pool,
> e.g. JVMCI.
>
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8141615
> Webrev hotspot: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kshefov/8141615/hotspot/webrev.00
> Webrev jdk: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kshefov/8141615/jdk/webrev.00
>
> Thanks
> -Konstantin
