[code-reflection] RFR: BytecodeGenerator cleanup and switch support [v14]

[Adam Sotona]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 13:27:56 GMT, Adam Sotona <asotona at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> 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, `ConstantLabelSwitchOp`, has been introduced. This acts as an intermediate representation for lowered `SwitchExpressionOp` and `SwitchStatementOp` instances with constant labels. 
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>> Lowering of `SwitchExpressionOp` and `SwitchStatementOp` into `ConstantLabelSwitchOp` is also a part of this PR.
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>> Lowering of `BreakOp`, `SwitchFallthroughOp` and nested switches has been implemented in this PR.
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>> The PR also fixes standard lowering of `SwitchStatementOp` with default case fall-through.
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>> This PR also makes minor refinements to the BytecodeGenerator post-processing transformations.
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> Adam Sotona has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'asotona/bytecodegenerator-cleanup' into bytecodegenerator-cleanup
>  - Fix JavaSwitchOp.lower to correctly lower regardless of where default case appears

Thank you for all the reviews. Unresolved comments will be solved in a follow-up PR.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/babylon/pull/706#issuecomment-3612669716