src/hotspot/share/runtime/signature.hpp

@@ -478,11 +478,11 @@
    BasicType    _type;
    int          _state;
    Symbol*      _previous_name;    // cache the previously looked up symbol to avoid lookups
    GrowableArray<Symbol*>* _names; // symbols created while parsing that need to be dereferenced
  
-   Symbol* find_symbol();
+   Symbol* find_symbol(bool probe_only);
  
    enum { _s_field = 0, _s_method = 1, _s_method_return = 3 };
    void set_done() {
      _state |= -2;   // preserve s_method bit
      assert(is_done(), "Unable to set state to done");

@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@
      assert(_signature->char_at(_end-1) == JVM_SIGNATURE_ENDCLASS, "signature envelope has no semi-colon at end");
      return true;
    }
  
    // return the symbol for chars in symbol_begin()..symbol_end()
-   Symbol* as_symbol() {
-     return find_symbol();
+   Symbol* as_symbol(bool probe_only = false) {
+     return find_symbol(probe_only);
    }
  
    // in case you want only the return type:
    void skip_to_return_type();