[code-reflection] RFR: BytecodeGenerator cleanup and switch support [v3]
Adam Sotona
asotona at openjdk.org
Mon Dec 1 16:35:40 UTC 2025
> The current `BytecodeGenerator` implementation assumes that code models have already been lowered before generation. Both `SwitchExpressionOp` and `SwitchStatementOp` with all-constant labels are examples of operations that can be lowered an alternative way, allowing `BytecodeGenerator` to produce more efficient bytecode using `tableswitch` and `lookupswitch` instructions.
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> The proposed change shifts the responsibility for lowering these operations into the `BytecodeGenerator` itself, enabling selective lowering during bytecode generation. Consequently, `OpBuilder` and `BytecodeGenerator` tests have been updated to avoid invoking the lower transformation step before the `BytecodeGenerator` is called.
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> A new internal operation, `BytecodeGenerator.ConstantLabelSwitchOp`, has been introduced. This acts as an intermediate representation for lowered `SwitchExpressionOp` and `SwitchStatementOp` instances with constant labels. Logic for detecting constant labels and transforming them into `BytecodeGenerator.ConstantLabelSwitchOp` will be introduced in a follow-up pull request.
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> This PR also makes minor refinements to the BytecodeGenerator post-processing transformations.
Adam Sotona has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
added javadoc
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/706/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/706/files/abff6609..a2753cba
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=babylon&pr=706&range=02
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=babylon&pr=706&range=01-02
Stats: 10 lines in 1 file changed: 9 ins; 0 del; 1 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/706.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/babylon.git pull/706/head:pull/706
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/706
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