RFR: JDK-6361826: (reflect) provide method for mapping strings to class object for primitive types [v2]

[Joe Darcy]

On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:24:30 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.
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> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Update API proposal.
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-6361826
>  - JDK-6361826: (reflect) provide method for mapping strings to class object for primitive types

Responding to some off-list discussion, within the JDK, ObjectInputStream.resolveClass would benefit from having the proposed method; it has what amounts to an internal implementation of the method already.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14743#issuecomment-1635092577