src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Executable.java

@@ -541,25 +541,14 @@
      *    the formal and implicit parameters, in declaration order, of
      *    the executable represented by this object
      */
     public abstract Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations();
 
-    Annotation[][] sharedGetParameterAnnotations(Class<?>[] parameterTypes,
-                                                 byte[] parameterAnnotations) {
-        int numParameters = parameterTypes.length;
-        if (parameterAnnotations == null)
-            return new Annotation[numParameters][0];
-
-        Annotation[][] result = parseParameterAnnotations(parameterAnnotations);
-
-        if (result.length != numParameters)
-            handleParameterNumberMismatch(result.length, numParameters);
-        return result;
+    void throwParameterAnnotationsDontMatchNumberOfParameters() {
+        throw new AnnotationFormatError("Parameter annotations don't match number of parameters");
     }
 
-    abstract void handleParameterNumberMismatch(int resultLength, int numParameters);
-
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      * @throws NullPointerException  {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) {