Deprecate Member magic number for removal

Author: liach

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java

@@ -708,9 +708,8 @@ public T newInstance()
                 );
             }
             try {
-                Class<?>[] empty = {};
                 final Constructor<T> c = getReflectionFactory().copyConstructor(
-                    getConstructor0(empty, Member.DECLARED));
+                    getConstructor0(EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY, false));
                 // Disable accessibility checks on the constructor
                 // access check is done with the true caller
                 c.setAccessible(true);
@@ -2198,7 +2197,7 @@ public Method getMethod(String name, Class<?>... parameterTypes)
     public Constructor<T> getConstructor(Class<?>... parameterTypes)
             throws NoSuchMethodException {
         return getReflectionFactory().copyConstructor(
-            getConstructor0(parameterTypes, Member.PUBLIC));
+            getConstructor0(parameterTypes, true));
     }
 
 
@@ -2492,7 +2491,7 @@ Method findMethod(boolean publicOnly, String name, Class<?>... parameterTypes) {
     public Constructor<T> getDeclaredConstructor(Class<?>... parameterTypes)
             throws NoSuchMethodException {
         return getReflectionFactory().copyConstructor(
-            getConstructor0(parameterTypes, Member.DECLARED));
+            getConstructor0(parameterTypes, false));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -3176,10 +3175,10 @@ private PublicMethods.MethodList getMethodsRecursive(String name,
     // be propagated to the outside world, but must instead be copied
     // via ReflectionFactory.copyConstructor.
     private Constructor<T> getConstructor0(Class<?>[] parameterTypes,
-                                        int which) throws NoSuchMethodException
+                                           boolean publicOnly) throws NoSuchMethodException
     {
         ReflectionFactory fact = getReflectionFactory();
-        Constructor<T>[] constructors = privateGetDeclaredConstructors((which == Member.PUBLIC));
+        Constructor<T>[] constructors = privateGetDeclaredConstructors(publicOnly);
         for (Constructor<T> constructor : constructors) {
             if (arrayContentsEq(parameterTypes,
                                 fact.getExecutableSharedParameterTypes(constructor))) {

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -44,13 +44,27 @@ public interface Member {
     /**
      * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface,
      * including inherited members.
+     *
+     * @deprecated
+     * {@code SecurityManager} originally specified a "{@code checkMemberAccess}"
+     * method that takes this constant.  That method was deprecated in Java SE 8
+     * and removed in Java SE 11.  With no other use, this constant is
+     * deprecated, for removal.
      */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "27")
     public static final int PUBLIC = 0;
 
     /**
      * Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.
      * Inherited members are not included.
+     *
+     * @deprecated
+     * {@code SecurityManager} originally specified a "{@code checkMemberAccess}"
+     * method that takes this constant.  That method was deprecated in Java SE 8
+     * and removed in Java SE 11.  With no other use, this constant is
+     * deprecated, for removal.
      */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "27")
     public static final int DECLARED = 1;
 
     /**