RFR: 8301873: Avoid string decoding in ZipFile.Source.getEntryPos [v7]

[Claes Redestad]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 11:46:42 GMT, Eirik Bjorsnos <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > In addition to - or instead of - an `equals` shortcut then if coders are the same we could use `ArraysSupport.mismatch` which should get similar speed and help more generally.
> 
> ..and if String had (an optimized) mismatch method, then I bet all or most of the comparison methods (equals, compareTo, endsWith, startsWith, regionMatches) could delegate to that :-)

A private mismatch method might make sense. A public method would require making a stronger case, I think, e.g. showing use cases a mismatcher would solve (elegantly, performantly) that can't be expressed with existing methods.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12290