Introduce an instance method, `isClassOrInterface`, to `java.lang.Class` and 
`java.lang.invoke.TypeDescriptor$OfField`.

`java.lang.constant.ClassDesc` comes with an `isClassOrInterface` method. It 
turns out that such a check is frequently needed in the use of `Class` objects, 
usually as `isArray() || isPrimitive()` or `!isArray() && !isPrimitive()`, with 
14 occurrences in various reflective code.

In addition, `Class` can offer a more efficient implementation than two checks: 
it can perform a single bit pattern check to derive this result, making such an 
API more feasible.

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Commit messages:
 - Simplify code
 - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk into 
feature/class-is-class-or-interface-1
 - Class.isClassOrInterface

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32109/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=32109&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8389468
  Stats: 206 lines in 9 files changed: 169 ins; 6 del; 31 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32109.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/32109/head:pull/32109

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32109

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