GenShen: Silently ignoring ShenandoahGCHeuristics considered poor user-experience

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        GenShen silently ignores junk in ShenandoahGCHeuristics. We might want to revise that. I want to see what the historical behavior was, and whether current behavior can be made more user-friendly.

        ```
        % ./build/linux-x86_64-server-release/images/jdk/bin/java -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCMode=generational -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -version | grep -i heuristics
            ccstr ShenandoahGCHeuristics = adaptive {product} {default}
        openjdk version "24-internal" 2025-03-18
        OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 24-internal-adhoc.ysr.shenandoah)
        OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24-internal-adhoc.ysr.shenandoah, mixed mode, sharing)

        % ./build/linux-x86_64-server-release/images/jdk/bin/java -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCMode=generational -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=junk -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -version | grep -i heuristics
            ccstr ShenandoahGCHeuristics = junk {product} {command line}
        openjdk version "24-internal" 2025-03-18
        OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 24-internal-adhoc.ysr.shenandoah)
        OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24-internal-adhoc.ysr.shenandoah, mixed mode, sharing)

        % ./build/linux-x86_64-server-release/images/jdk/bin/java -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=junk -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -version | grep -i heuristics
        Unknown -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics option

        % ./build/linux-x86_64-server-release/images/jdk/bin/java -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=junk -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -version
        Error occurred during initialization of VM
        Unknown -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics option
        ```

              Assignee:
              Rui Li
              Reporter:
              Y. Ramakrishna
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