RFR: 8328572: JFR: Use Class.forPrimitiveName(String)

[Chen Liang]

On Tue, 14 May 2024 17:58:36 GMT, Erik Gahlin <egahlin at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Could I have a review of change that use Class.forPrimitiveName(String) instead checking against every primitive type.
> 
> Testing: jdk/jdk/jfr
> 
> Thanks
> Erik

src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/util/Utils.java line 253:

> 251:         Object array =  Array.newInstance(componentType, length);
> 252:         for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
> 253:             Array.set(array, index, values.get(index));

Note that `Array.set` is slow (see [JDK-8051447](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8051447)); yet this woudld be fine if this is not on hot code paths.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19235#discussion_r1600777045