RFR: 8368856: Add a method to safely add duration to instant [v2]

[Naoto Sato]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:16:33 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)`.
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>> [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 one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Clarify the test and reorder cases

If we were to add a new method, should we add an equivalent new method for `minus` for consistency?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27549#issuecomment-3353045405