This is root pull request with Classfile API implementation, tests and benchmarks initial drop into JDK.
Following pull requests consolidating JDK class files parsing, generating, and transforming ([JDK-8294957](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8294957)) will chain to this one. Classfile API development is tracked at: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk-sandbox/tree/classfile-api-branch Development branch of consolidated JDK class files parsing, generating, and transforming is at: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk-sandbox/tree/classfile-api-dev-branch Classfile API [JEP](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8280389) and [online API documentation](https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openjdk/jdk-sandbox/classfile-api-javadoc-branch/doc/classfile-api/javadoc/jdk/classfile/package-summary.html) is also available. Please take you time to review this non-trivial JDK addition. Thank you, Adam ------------- Commit messages: - removed executable - removed executable - removed executable flags and fixed whitespaces - removed executable flag from test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/jdk/classfile/Write.java - Merge branch 'classfile-api-branch' into classfile-api-initial-branch - Merge branch 'master' into classfile-api-branch - fixed Classfile API Javadoc build - removed obsolete factory mthods LocalVariableInfo::of and LocalVariableTypeInfo::of - added Classfile.Option FILTER_DEAD_LABELS - fixed javadoc of ModuleOpenInfo and ModuleRequireInfo - ... and 85 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/8ee0f7d5...4b3e63d5 Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10982/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=10982&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8294982 Stats: 53247 lines in 322 files changed: 53246 ins; 0 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10982.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/10982/head:pull/10982 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10982
