RFR: JDK-6361826: (reflect) provide method for mapping strings to class object for primitive types [v3]

[Roger Riggs]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:54:59 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 five additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Use new API in serialization; add tests.
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-6361826
>  - Update API proposal.
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-6361826
>  - JDK-6361826: (reflect) provide method for mapping strings to class object for primitive types

Looks good.
The inverse of `clazz.getName()` and `clazz.toString()` for primitive classes is a useful addition.

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Marked as reviewed by rriggs (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14743#pullrequestreview-1530432811