Reviewed-by: chegar, ksrini

Reviewed-by: jrose

Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn

6984705: JSR 292 method handle creation should not go through JNI
Summary: remove assembly code for JDK 7 chained method handles
Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti, mhaupt, forax
Contributed-by: NJohn Rose &lt;john.r.rose@oracle.com&gt;, Christian Thalinger &lt;christian.thalinger@oracle.com&gt;, Michael Haupt <michael.haupt@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: mduigou

Summary: API code changes and javadoc changes following JSR 292 Public Review comments, through PFD
Reviewed-by: never

7044892: JSR 292: API entry points sometimes throw the wrong exceptions or doesn't throw the expected one
Summary: point-fixes for 7038847, 7038860, 7042656, 7042829, 7041853, and several other reports
Reviewed-by: never, kvn

7032850: MethodHandle.invokeGeneric throws unspecified RuntimeException if parameterized method is called
Summary: Implement invocation corner cases, including correct type conversions and interface type enforcement.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Integrate JDK code with JVM-supplied ricochet frames.
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Summary: rename invokeGeneric to invoke
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Summary: package and class renaming only; delete unused methods and classes; add @since tags; no code changes
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: move everything into a single package; remove all multi-package machinery
Reviewed-by: twisti, forax

Summary: insert rules for bytecode processors to recognize signature polymorphic names
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: misc. EG changes and polishes (excluding 7013417)
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Implement MH.asVarargsCollector, etc., and remove withTypeHandler.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: twisti

6979327: method handle invocation should use casts instead of type parameters to specify return type
Summary: Change result type parameters to result type casts.  (Also, replace private placeholder class InvokeDynamic.)
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: JDK changes which run atop the corresponding JVM hook
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Summary: Add JVM_CONSTANT_InvokeDynamic records to constant pool to determine per-instruction BSMs; add MethodHandleProvider.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: darcy, weijun

Summary: split MethodHandle.invoke into invokeExact and invokeGeneric; also clean up JVM-to-Java interfaces
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Fill in missing API implementations, fix numerous bugs, adjust APIs towards EG design.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: JDK API and runtime (partial) for anonk, meth, indy
Reviewed-by: mr