RFR: 8364007: Add overload without arguments to codePointCount in String etc. [v3]

[Alan Bateman]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 10:10:40 GMT, Tatsunori Uchino <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Adds `codePointCount()` overloads to `String`, `Character`, `(Abstract)StringBuilder`, and `StringBuffer` to make it possible to conveniently retrieve the length of a string as code points without extra boundary checks.
>> 
>> 
>> if (superTremendouslyLongExpressionYieldingAString().codePointCount() > limit) {
>>     throw new Exception("exceeding length");
>> }
>> 
>> 
>> Is a CSR required to this change?
>
> Tatsunori Uchino has updated the pull request incrementally with four additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Update `@bug` in correct file
>  - Add default implementation on codePointCount in CharSequence
>  - Update `@bug` entries in test class doc comments
>  - Discard changes on code whose form is not `str.codePointCount(0, str.length())`

The addition to CharSequence will require static analysis to check for conflicts with implementation. It will also likely impact the CharBuffer spec.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26461#issuecomment-3121986320