Rather than creating an java.lang.Object[2] where [1] is the dependency and [2] is the next field for class loader to class loader dependencies, add the dependency to the _handles area. This saves at least an ObjArray[2] per ClassLoaderData. This object also doesn't have a name so in YourKit looks like some anonymous object that may be a leak.

Most ClassLoaderData don't require any dependencies, and the number of dependencies was further reduced with more checking with bug JDK-8190359

We created these dependencies as an objarray early on in JDK8 before the _handles array was created and has been somewhat buggy.