void AppendPrettyDescriptor(const char* descriptor, std::string* result) {
// Count the number of '['s to get the dimensionality.
const char* c = descriptor;
size_t dim = 0;
while (*c == '[') {
dim++;
c++;
}
// Reference or primitive?
if (*c == 'L') {
// "[[La/b/C;" -> "a.b.C[][]".
c++; // Skip the 'L'.
} else {
// "[[B" -> "byte[][]".
// To make life easier, we make primitives look like unqualified
// reference types.
switch (*c) {
case 'B': c = "byte;"; break;
case 'C': c = "char;"; break;
case 'D': c = "double;"; break;
case 'F': c = "float;"; break;
case 'I': c = "int;"; break;
case 'J': c = "long;"; break;
case 'S': c = "short;"; break;
case 'Z': c = "boolean;"; break;
case 'V': c = "void;"; break; // Used when decoding return types.
default: result->append(descriptor); return;
}
}
// At this point, 'c' is a string of the form "fully/qualified/Type;"
// or "primitive;". Rewrite the type with '.' instead of '/':
const char* p = c;
while (*p != ';') {
char ch = *p++;
if (ch == '/') {
ch = '.';
}
result->push_back(ch);
}
// ...and replace the semicolon with 'dim' "[]" pairs:
for (size_t i = 0; i < dim; ++i) {
result->append("[]");
}
}