RFR: 8285255: refine StringLatin1.regionMatchesCI_UTF16

[Roger Riggs]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:15:29 GMT, XenoAmess <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

> some thoughts after watching 8285001: Simplify StringLatin1.regionMatches  https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/8292/
> 
>             if (Character.toLowerCase(u1) == Character.toLowerCase(u2)) {
>                 continue;
>             }
> 
> should be changed to 
> 
>             if (((u1 == c1) ? CharacterDataLatin1.instance.toLowerCase(c1) : c1) == Character.toLowerCase(u2)) {
>                 continue;
>             }
> 
> as:
> 
> 1. c1 is LATIN1, so CharacterDataLatin1.instance.toLowerCase seems faster.
> 2. because c1 is LATIN1, so if u1 != c1, then c1 is already lowercase, and don't need a lowercase cauculation.

The test should be able to use public string classes with selected Latin1 and utf-16 arguments.
The implementation of regionMatches will end up using the corresponding implementations.
The JMH in PR#8292 might be a start.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8308