src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java

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      private volatile MethodAccessor methodAccessor;
      // For sharing of MethodAccessors. This branching structure is
      // currently only two levels deep (i.e., one root Method and
      // potentially many Method objects pointing to it.)
      private Method              root;
-     // This is set by the vm at Method creation
-     private byte[]              typeAnnotations;
  
      // Generics infrastructure
      private String getGenericSignature() {return signature;}
  
      // Accessor for factory
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*** 149,160 ****
                                  exceptionTypes, modifiers, slot, signature,
                                  annotations, parameterAnnotations, annotationDefault);
          res.root = this;
          // Might as well eagerly propagate this if already present
          res.methodAccessor = methodAccessor;
- 
-         res.typeAnnotations = typeAnnotations;
          return res;
      }
  
      @Override
      boolean hasGenericInformation() {
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*** 165,175 ****
      byte[] getAnnotationBytes() {
          return annotations;
      }
      @Override
      byte[] getTypeAnnotationBytes() {
!         return typeAnnotations;
      }
  
      /**
       * {@inheritDoc}
       */
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      byte[] getAnnotationBytes() {
          return annotations;
      }
      @Override
      byte[] getTypeAnnotationBytes() {
!         return getTypeAnnotationBytes0();
      }
  
      /**
       * {@inheritDoc}
       */