[foreign-memaccess+abi] RFR: 8291639: Improve the ability to visualize a MemorySegment in human readable forms [v2]

[Rémi Forax]

On Fri, 26 May 2023 14:21:39 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/GroupLayout.java line 209:
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>>> 207:      * @since 21
>>> 208:      */
>>> 209:     <R extends Record> Function<MemorySegment, R> recordMapper(Class<R> type);
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>> you also need to throw an IAE if type is Record.class, java.lang.Record is the only subtype of java.lang.Record which is not a record
>
> I wonder if an overload which takes a MethodHandles.Lookup might help with the accessibility issues (but we can add that later)

Yes ! and i'm not even sure that having a version that does not take a Lookup make sense.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-foreign/pull/833#discussion_r1206939134