RFR: 8257184: Upstream 8252504: Add a method to MemoryLayout which returns a offset-computing method handle [v2]

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 12:31:12 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This upstreams the patch from: https://github.com/openjdk/panama-foreign/pull/396
>> 
>> There were only some minor merge conflicts due to imports and some tests being replaced by java/foreign/TestNulls. All tests still pass, no other changes were needed.
>> 
>> CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8257187
>
> Jorn Vernee has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Address review comments:
>   - remove explicit @throws NPE tags
>   - add example to class doc

Very nice

src/jdk.incubator.foreign/share/classes/jdk/incubator/foreign/MemoryLayout.java line 177:

> 175:  * access coordinate.
> 176:  *
> 177:  * <p>A layout path with free dimensions can also be used to create an offset computing method handle, using the

Suggestion:

 * <p>A layout path with free dimensions can also be used to create an offset-computing method handle, using the

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Marked as reviewed by mcimadamore (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1468