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

[Mandy Chung]

On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:36:31 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

> For discussion purposes, pushed an update where the new method returns null on a non-primitive name.

I also think returning null is saner than throwing a checked exception which avoids forcing the caller to catch and also the cost of constructing an exception being thrown away.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14743#issuecomment-1636169276