Summary: preparatory but separable changes for method handles
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Summary: Update copyright for files that have been modified in 2009, up to 03/09
Reviewed-by: katleman, tbell, ohair

Summary: VM support for deadlock fix. Library fix in 4735126. See API proposal.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, blacklion

Summary: Fixed the wrong cast between types since more restrictions are imposed by gcc 4.3.2
Reviewed-by: jcoomes, acorn, phh, never

Summary: Add mechanism to ignore unsupported flags for a set period of time
Reviewed-by: acorn, never, coleenp

Summary: Update copyright year for files that have been modified in 2008
Reviewed-by: ohair, tbell

Summary: Use the gap also for a narrow oop field and a boxing object value.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, never

Summary: combine many scalar variables into a single enum-indexed array in SystemDictionary.
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Compressed oops in instances, arrays, and headers. Code contributors are coleenp, phh, never, swamyv
Reviewed-by: jmasa, kamg, acorn, tbell, kvn, rasbold

Summary: fix or remove uninitialized fields
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold

Summary: convert strings from Download Manager into native encoding in the VM
Reviewed-by: sbohne, never, phh, kamg, xlu