RFR: JDK-6361826: (reflect) provide method for mapping strings to class object for primitive types

[Mandy Chung]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:57:54 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Going over some old issues and found this RFE, posting without any tests or a CSR first to get some feedback on the overall API.

An alternative is to extend `ClassDesc::of` to accept the name of primitive types:


        ClassDesc.of("int").resolveConstantDesc(MethodHandles.publicLookup());
equivalent to:        
        ClassDesc.ofDescriptor("I").resolveConstantDesc(MethodHandles.publicLookup());   // currently supported

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14743#issuecomment-1615290274