8011805: Update sun.tools.java class file reading/writing support to include the new constant pool entries
Reviewed-by: mduigou, alanb

Reviewed-by: smarks

6992705: Include modifiers in Class.toGenericString()
Summary: Class.toGenericString and supporting changes; additional reviews by Peter Levart
Reviewed-by: alanb

Summary: Append 4 chars instead of the string "null"
Reviewed-by: mduigou, forax, jgish

Reviewed-by: mduigou

Summary: Fix and optimize codePointAt, codePointBefore and similar methods
Reviewed-by: sherman, okutsu, ulfzibis, kizune

Reviewed-by: acorn, dlsmith

Reviewed-by: dlong, alanb, mduigou
Contributed-by: bill.pittore@oracle.com, bob.vandette@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: mchung, iris

Reviewed-by: darcy, forax

8009222: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: not invocable, no method type when attempting to get getter method handle for a static field
Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti

Reviewed-by: jjg

Reviewed-by: jfranck

Reviewed-by: mduigou

Summary: current thread's context ClassLoader was used to load class by name, pass class not name in serialization (Thank you Peter Levart for test and prototype. Thank you Sundar and Peter for unofficial reviews)
Reviewed-by: forax

7087570: java.lang.invoke.MemberName information wrong for method handles created with findConstructor
Summary: REF_invokeSpecial DMHs (which are unusual) get marked explicitly; tweak the MHI to use this bit
Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti

Reviewed-by: mduigou, chegar, abuckley

8008793: SecurityManager.checkXXX behavior not specified for methods that check AWTPermission and AWT not present
Reviewed-by: hawtin, mullan, dsamersoff, mchung

Reviewed-by: jrose

Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti

Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti

Reviewed-by: darcy

Reviewed-by: forax

Reviewed-by: darcy, abuckley

Reviewed-by: darcy

Reviewed-by: mduigou, chegar, alanb

Reviewed-by: chegar, jfranck

Reviewed-by: shade

Reviewed-by: mduigou

8004919: AnnotationSupport uses possibly half-constructed AnnotationType instances
Summary: Implements the simplified semantics for repeating annotations and removes the incorrect obtaining of an AnnotationType
Reviewed-by: darcy, abuckley

Reviewed-by: darcy

Reviewed-by: jrose, ahgross

Reviewed-by: alanb, mchung, darcy, jrose, ahgross, skoivu

Reviewed-by: alanb, ahgross

Summary: Add blanket null-handling statement to StringBuilder and StringBuffer
Reviewed-by: mduigou

Reviewed-by: darcy, mduigou, briangoetz, dholmes
Contributed-by: akhil.arora@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: sla, dcubed, mchung

Reviewed-by: briangoetz

Reviewed-by: darcy, forax, psandoz, dholmes, tbell

Reviewed-by: shade, chegar