src/hotspot/share/oops/klass.hpp

rev 50260 : 8199940: Print more information about class loaders in IllegalAccessErrors.
ReviewedBy: lfoltan

@@ -540,10 +540,13 @@
   // For arrays, this returns the name of the element with a leading '['.
   // For classes, this returns the name with a leading 'L' and a trailing ';'
   //     and the package separators as '/'.
   virtual const char* signature_name() const;
 
+  // Returns a descriptive string as "<class loader name>/<module>/class name".
+  // This is the format used in stack traces and similar. Based on
+  // external_name().
   const char* class_loader_and_module_name() const;
 
   // Returns "interface", "abstract class" or "class".
   const char* external_kind() const;