[code-reflection] RFR: 8337162: Support primitives in patterns [v5]

[Mourad Abbay]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 17:34:35 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Mourad Abbay has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
>> 
>>  - Create JavaType of ExactConversionSupport from its class descriptor (compiler couldn't find the class)
>>  - Update how we build the model for testing a conversion
>
> test/jdk/java/lang/reflect/code/TestPrimitiveTypePatterns.java line 60:
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>> 58:     @CodeReflection
>> 59:     // works as generic model that will be transformed to test conversion from a sourceType to targetType
>> 60:     static boolean f(byte b) {
> 
> Alas unfortunately such a transformation it is harder than i anticipated because the types permeate through pattern match operation, so you have to replace the whole pattern match op. Which means you might as well build the model explicitly, sorry if i misled you.

we are only replacing the pattern type op

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/246#discussion_r1792282735