src/jdk.unsupported/share/classes/sun/misc/Unsafe.java

@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
 import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.ForceInline;
 import jdk.internal.misc.VM;
 import jdk.internal.reflect.CallerSensitive;
 import jdk.internal.reflect.Reflection;
 
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 
 /**

@@ -818,15 +819,20 @@
      * <li>Utf8: a string (must have suitable syntax if used as signature or name)
      * <li>Class: any java.lang.Class object
      * <li>String: any object (not just a java.lang.String)
      * <li>InterfaceMethodRef: (NYI) a method handle to invoke on that call site's arguments
      * </ul>
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use the {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#defineHiddenClass(byte[], boolean, MethodHandles.Lookup.ClassOption...)}
+     * method.
+     *
      * @param hostClass context for linkage, access control, protection domain, and class loader
      * @param data      bytes of a class file
      * @param cpPatches where non-null entries exist, they replace corresponding CP entries in data
      */
     @ForceInline
+    @Deprecated(since = "14", forRemoval = false)
     public Class<?> defineAnonymousClass(Class<?> hostClass, byte[] data, Object[] cpPatches) {
         return theInternalUnsafe.defineAnonymousClass(hostClass, data, cpPatches);
     }
 
     /**