8328572: JFR: Use Class.forPrimitiveName(String)

Reviewed-by: mgronlun

src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/util/Utils.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -243,67 +243,24 @@ public final class Utils {
     }
 
     public static Object makePrimitiveArray(String typeName, List<Object> values) {
-        int length = values.size();
+        Class<?> componentType = makePrimitiveType(typeName);
-        switch (typeName) {
+        if (componentType == null) {
-        case "int":
+            return null;
-            int[] ints = new int[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                ints[i] = (int) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return ints;
-        case "long":
-            long[] longs = new long[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                longs[i] = (long) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return longs;
-
-        case "float":
-            float[] floats = new float[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                floats[i] = (float) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return floats;
-
-        case "double":
-            double[] doubles = new double[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                doubles[i] = (double) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return doubles;
-
-        case "short":
-            short[] shorts = new short[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                shorts[i] = (short) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return shorts;
-        case "char":
-            char[] chars = new char[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                chars[i] = (char) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return chars;
-        case "byte":
-            byte[] bytes = new byte[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                bytes[i] = (byte) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return bytes;
-        case "boolean":
-            boolean[] booleans = new boolean[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                booleans[i] = (boolean) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return booleans;
-        case "java.lang.String":
-            String[] strings = new String[length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-                strings[i] = (String) values.get(i);
-            }
-            return strings;
         }
-        return null;
+        int length = values.size();
+        Object array =  Array.newInstance(componentType, length);
+        for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
+            Array.set(array, index, values.get(index));
+        }
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    private static Class<?> makePrimitiveType(String typeName) {
+        return switch(typeName) {
+            case "void" -> null;
+            case "java.lang.String" -> String.class;
+            default -> Class.forPrimitiveName(typeName);
+        };
     }
 
     public static boolean isSettingVisible(long typeId, boolean hasEventHook) {