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

Reviewed-by: jrose

Summary: Add ClassValue
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Conversion function MethodHandles.asInstance; initial slow implementation based on Proxy.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Make NoAccessException be a checked exception.  Also remove JavaMethodHandle.
Reviewed-by: twisti

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

Summary: Add new CP types CONSTANT_MethodHandle, CONSTANT_MethodType to verifier; put in runtime support upcall.
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: point fixes to access checking logic
Reviewed-by: mr

Summary: fix makefile to expose the new APIs in the core list; edit some javadocs for correctness
Reviewed-by: mr

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