8263852: Unused method SoftRefPolicy::use_should_clear_all_soft_refs

Reviewed-by: tschatzl

Author: albertnetymk

src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.cpp

@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ SoftRefPolicy::SoftRefPolicy() :
     _all_soft_refs_clear(false) {
 }
 
-bool SoftRefPolicy::use_should_clear_all_soft_refs(bool v) {
-  bool result = _should_clear_all_soft_refs;
-  set_should_clear_all_soft_refs(false);
-  return result;
-}
-
 void SoftRefPolicy::cleared_all_soft_refs() {
   _all_soft_refs_clear = true;
 }

src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/softRefPolicy.hpp

@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ class SoftRefPolicy {
 
   bool should_clear_all_soft_refs() { return _should_clear_all_soft_refs; }
   void set_should_clear_all_soft_refs(bool v) { _should_clear_all_soft_refs = v; }
-  // Returns the current value of _should_clear_all_soft_refs.
-  // _should_clear_all_soft_refs is set to false as a side effect.
-  bool use_should_clear_all_soft_refs(bool v);
+
   bool all_soft_refs_clear() { return _all_soft_refs_clear; }
   void set_all_soft_refs_clear(bool v) { _all_soft_refs_clear = v; }