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

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

7032960: API files in java.awt need to be updated for references to JVM Spec with editions/hyperlinks
7032965: API files in java.io need to updated for references to JVM Spec with editions/hyperlinks
7032958: API files in java.lang need to updated for references to JLS with editions/hyperlinks
7032961: API files in java.lang need to updated for references to JVM with editions/hyperlinks
7032976: API files in javax.lang need to be updated for references to JLS with editions/hyperlinks
7032959: API files in java.util need to updated for references to JLS with editions/hyperlinks
7032962: API files in java.util need to updated for references to JVM Spec with editions/hyperlinks
7032967: API files in java.security need to updated for references to JVM Spec with editions/hyperlinks
7032955: API files in java.math need to updated for references to JLS with editions/hyperlinks
Summary: Removed URLs and 'edition' references
Reviewed-by: darcy

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

Summary: add security manager interactions for Lookup methods
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: xdono

Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: 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

4313887: New I/O: Improved filesystem interface
4607272: New I/O: Support asynchronous I/O
Reviewed-by: sherman, chegar