On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:28:31 GMT, Mandy Chung <mch...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This might wish to refer to "classes that can be described nominally", but
>> same might be said for hidden classes as well. So your suggestion is better.
>
> What about:
>
>
> * This is not a strict inverse of {@link #forName(String) forName}.
> * Distinct classes which share a common name but have different class
> * loaders will have the identical name. {@linkplain #isHidden() Hidden}
> * classes cannot be discovered by {@code forName}.
On a second thought, these are all `getName` results that cannot be parsed by
`forName`:
- Primitive type names
- Hidden class names
- Arrays whose component types are hidden classes
I suggest:
* This is not a strict inverse of {@link #forName(String) forName(String)}.
* Distinct classes which share a common name but have different class
* loaders will have the identical name. {@linkplain #isPrimitive()
* Primitive types}, {@linkplain #isHidden() hidden} classes, and arrays
* with hidden class as element types cannot be discovered by {@code
forName}.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14411#discussion_r1230335235
