RFR: 8368856: Add a method that performs saturating addition of a Duration to an Instant [v8]

[Pavel Rappo]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:12:40 GMT, Pavel Rappo <prappo at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> We recently [discussed] the possibility of introducing saturating arithmetic for deadline computation. Consider this PR as a starting point. Once we agree on the implementation, I'll file a CSR.
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>> I created a method in `Instant` to add `Duration`. One could argue that the proper way would be to go all the way and create a method in `Temporal` to add `TemporalAmount`. Or maybe even expand the functionality, and create an additional method in `Temporal` to subtract `TemporalAmount`.
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>> My current thinking is that if we were to do that, there would be a lot of expensive, unused code. Saturating logic seems to be only useful for `Instant` and `Duration`.
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>> Even if we decide to extend `Temporal` to add/subtract `TemporalAmount`, it could always be done later. From the perspective of `Instant`, `plus(TemporalAmount)` will be just an overload of `plus(Duration)`.
>> 
>> [discussed]: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2025-September/151098.html
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> Pavel Rappo has updated the pull request incrementally with four additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Simplify impl
>  - Clarify spec
>  - Revert "Add Instant.minusSaturating(Duration)"
>    
>    This reverts commit 35537856f1759c7abbe2b5c5bbb267a90612f729.
>  - Add test for null

> /reviewers 2 reviewer

Don't worry, it had already been like that for some time :-) https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/27549#issuecomment-3374476578

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27549#issuecomment-3407377180