src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.hpp

rev 49800 : 8199852: Print more information about class loaders in LinkageErrors.
Reviewed-by: dholmes

*** 1319,1328 ****
--- 1319,1333 ----
    static oop unnamedModule(oop loader);
  
    // Debugging
    friend class JavaClasses;
    friend class ClassFileParser; // access to number_of_fake_fields
+ 
+   // Describe ClassLoader for exceptions, tracing ...
+   // Prints "<name>" (instance of <classname>, parent: "<name>" <classname>)
+   // or     <classname> (parent: "<name>" <classname>).
+   static const char* describe_external(const oop loader);
  };
  
  
  // Interface to java.lang.System objects