RFR: 8338979: Avoid bootstrapped switches in the classfile API

[Chen Liang]

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:39:44 GMT, Claes Redestad <redestad at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Noticed these on a few startup tests in code generating proxies. Desugaring switch expressions reduce risk of bootstrap circularity from any future changes to switch bootstrapping (which itself depends on the classfile API). It's also a tiny improvement to startup performance.

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/impl/ClassFileImpl.java line 1:

> 1: /*

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20714#discussion_r1731268857