8209138: Symbol constructor uses u1 as the element type of its name argument

Maske u1 the type for Symbol values and add a function to return it as a char.

Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp
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Harold Seigel 2018-10-03 09:46:46 -04:00
parent a3cd6a1a70
commit 221005a3d4
28 changed files with 120 additions and 116 deletions

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@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ void Deoptimization::load_class_by_index(const constantPoolHandle& constant_pool
Symbol* symbol = constant_pool->symbol_at(index);
// class name?
if (symbol->byte_at(0) != '(') {
if (symbol->char_at(0) != '(') {
Handle protection_domain (THREAD, constant_pool->pool_holder()->protection_domain());
SystemDictionary::resolve_or_null(symbol, class_loader, protection_domain, CHECK);
return;