Integrated: Updated ArrayCreation factories and bootstraps

[Dan Smith]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:29:35 GMT, Dan Smith <dlsmith at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Added revised bootstrap and factories to ArrayCreation. Threaded through modifiers as much as possible. Added a branch in Array.newInstance to create null-checked arrays where currently supported by the VM.
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> Rewrote ArrayCreationTest to exercise all factories and bootstraps, and to make some use of modifiers.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 3d1701ab
Author:    Dan Smith <dlsmith at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/commit/3d1701abc58fcf3709b8e3a7c946d1679e69dfe6
Stats:     1259 lines in 4 files changed: 1037 ins; 6 del; 216 mod

Updated ArrayCreation factories and bootstraps

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1879