RFR: 8338544: Dedicated Array class descriptor implementation [v2]

[Chen Liang]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 18:16:34 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Chen Liang has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains nine commits:
>> 
>>  - class or interface descriptor renamed for clarity
>>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/array-cd
>>  - Cleanup after merge
>>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/array-cd
>>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/array-cd
>>  - Compile error
>>  - Redundant import
>>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into feature/array-cd
>>  - 8338544: Dedicated Array class descriptor implementation
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/constant/ArrayClassDescImpl.java line 81:
> 
>> 79:             throw new IllegalStateException(
>> 80:                 "Cannot create an array type descriptor with more than "
>> 81:                         + MAX_ARRAY_TYPE_DESC_DIMENSIONS + " dimensions");
> 
> Suggestion:
> 
>         ConstantUtils.validateArrayDepth(rank + 1);

Unfortunately, this has to throw ISE while `validateArrayDepth` throws IAE.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20665#discussion_r1792386369