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

[Chen Liang]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 19:16:00 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> 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.

I have extracted this to a new utility method, with a switch on the thrown exception type.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20665#discussion_r1792400368