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8385409: Javap documentation says by default protected and public members are printed but package private members are also printed by default (-package behavior, not -protected) #31321

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# Copyright (c) 1994, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
# Copyright (c) 1994, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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The `javap` command disassembles one or more class files. The output depends on
the options used. When no options are used, the `javap` command prints the
protected and public fields, and methods of the classes passed to it.
package private, protected, and public fields and methods declared in the classes passed
to it.

The `javap` command isn't multirelease JAR aware. Using the class path form of
the command results in viewing the base entry in all JAR files, multirelease or
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