RFR: JDK-6361826: (reflect) provide method for mapping strings to class object for primitive types [v4]

[Mandy Chung]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 18:25:45 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.
>
> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Clarify docs based on review feedback.

Looks good to me.

test/jdk/java/lang/Class/ForPrimitiveName.java line 80:

> 78:                     "java.lang.Float",
> 79:                     "java.lang.Double",
> 80:                     "java.lang.Void");

Maybe worth adding the descriptor name for primitive types in the negative test cases serving as examples.

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Marked as reviewed by mchung (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14743#pullrequestreview-1530897451
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14743#discussion_r1264088315