[vector] RFR 8222897: Renaming of shift, rotate operations. Few other api changes.

[Kharbas, Kishor]

The generated Javadoc with this change is at - http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kkharbas/vector-api/javadoc/VectorApi-JavaDoc.04/jdk.incubator.vector/jdk/incubator/vector/package-summary.html

Regards,
Kishor

From: Kharbas, Kishor
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 11:10 AM
To: panama-dev at openjdk.java.net
Cc: Kharbas, Kishor <kishor.kharbas at intel.com>
Subject: [vector] RFR 8222897: Renaming of shift, rotate operations. Few other api changes.

Hi all,

To make the api easy to use, few changes identified are -
1. Rename shift, rotate operations to be more explicit in what they do. Example, shiftL -> shiftLeft. This also follows the convention used in other libraries; example rotateLeft() in java.lang.Integer.
2. Added instance methods in Vector.java to create masks and shuffles. The goal is to help programmers by not having to maintain or acquire a reference to Species when creating masks and shuffle. These methods in turn call the static methods in VectorMask and VectorShuffle with the vector's species.
3. VectorSpecies.boxType() is confusing, rename to vectorType().
4. Add helper method in Species to determine loop terminating condition.

I have created a webrev for these changes. Requesting a review.

Webrev - http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kkharbas/vector-api/8222897/8222897-webrev.00/
Bug - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8222897

Thanks,
Kishor