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>

Summary: Base SecurityManager checks on either of Lookup.lookupClass or caller class; also clarify Lookup access checks.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Use correct access token for unreflecting MHs where setAccessible(true)
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Reviewed-by: smarks

Summary: Remove workarounds and limitations from before 6939861.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Wrap system property and reflection accesses under doPrivileged.  Ensure constant pool linkage bypasses the SM as specified.
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

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: add security manager interactions for Lookup methods
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: remove NoAccessException, replace it by ReflectiveOperationException subtypes; adjust javadoc of exceptions
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

Reviewed-by: twisti

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