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: add null checks before unsafe calls that take a variable base reference; update unit tests
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

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

Summary: On Mac OS X, align system property "os.arch" with Apple legacy JDKs.  Also, improve os.name string matching by using .contains() method instead of .startsWith(). This fix spans multiple repositories.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, phh, ohair, katleman

Summary: Implement ClassValue cooperatively with Class like ThreadLocal with Thread.
Reviewed-by: twisti, mduigou

Reviewed-by: smarks

Reviewed-by: iveresov, alanb, jrose

Reviewed-by: jrose, never

Reviewed-by: darcy, jrose

Summary: Enhancements to unit tests.
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Reviewed-by: never, twisti

7054590: (JSR-292) MethodHandleProxies.asInterfaceInstance() accepts private/protected nested interfaces
Summary: fix non-compliant logic in MethodHandleProxies, fix invalid private classes in MethodHandlesTest
Reviewed-by: twisti, never

Summary: Fix corner cases involving MethodHandles.permuteArguments with long or double argument lists.
Reviewed-by: twisti, never

7051206: JSR 292 method name SwitchPoint.isValid is misleading to unwary users; should be hasBeenInvalidated
Reviewed-by: kvn, never, ysr

Summary: reduce the scope of the unit test (mark high water mark of testing with @ignore tags)
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

7044486: open jdk repos have files with incorrect copyright headers, which can end up in src bundles
Reviewed-by: ohair, trims

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: Test should not use static variables, because they may contain stale values.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: JVM bug 6817525 requires changes to some JDK unit tests; update test invocation flags and "Indify" snapshot
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: dholmes

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