RFR: 8343110: Add getChars(int, int, char[], int) to CharSequence and CharBuffer [v8]

[Daniel Fuchs]

On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:07:33 GMT, Markus KARG <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This Pull Request proposes an implementation for [JDK-8343110](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8343110): Adding the new method `public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin)` to the `CharSequence` interface, providing a **bulk-read** facility including a default implementation iterating over `charAt(int)`.
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>> In addition, this Pull Request proposes to replace the implementation of `Reader.of(CharSequence).read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)` to invoke `CharSequence.getChars(next, next + n, cbuf, off)` instead of utilizing pattern matching for switch. Also, this PR proposes to implement `CharBuffer.getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin)` as an alias for `CharBuffer.get(srcBegin, dst, dstBegin, srcEnd - srcBegin)`.
>> 
>> To ensure quality...
>> * ...the method signature and JavaDocs are adapted from `AbstractStringBuilder.getChars(...)`.
>> * ...this PR relies upon the existing tests for `Reader.of(CharSequence)`, as these provide sufficient coverage of all changes introduced by this PR.
>
> Markus KARG has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Applied changes proposed in response to Joe's CSR comments: 'understood for CharBuffer; I was thinking more of String, StringBuffer, and StringBuilder where there looks to be more textual similarities.'

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StringBuilder.java line 2:

> 1: /*
> 2:  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

If there's no change to this file the copyright year update could be reverted?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21730#discussion_r2063662687