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

Reviewed-by: chegar

Reviewed-by: lancea, chegar, iris, mchung, sherman

Reviewed-by: mullan

Summary: Removed macosx specific workaround from shared code and made macosx use public API
Reviewed-by: art, serb

Reviewed-by: darcy, abuckley

Summary: Adds additional functional interfaces for primitives and "Bi" (two operand). Adds utility extension methods. Includes some name changes for existing functional interfaces per EG decisions.
Reviewed-by: briangoetz, darcy, chegar, dholmes

Reviewed-by: okutsu

Reviewed-by: darcy

Reviewed-by: alanb

Reviewed-by: mduigou, okutsu

Reviewed-by: naoto

Reviewed-by: forax

Reviewed-by: mduigou, martin
Contributed-by: NPeter Levart <peter.levary@gmail.com>

8007520: Update date/time classes in j.util and j.sql packages
8007572: Replace existing jdk timezone data at <java.home>/lib/zi with JSR310's tzdb
Summary: Integration of JSR310 Date/Time API for M7
Reviewed-by: darcy, alanb, naoto
Contributed-by: scolebourne@joda.org, roger.riggs@oracle.com, masayoshi.okutsu@oracle.com, patrick.zhang@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: darcy

Reviewed-by: chegar, alanb, dice, martin

Reviewed-by: mduigou, chegar, alanb

Reviewed-by: naoto, ulfzibis

Reviewed-by: chegar, jfranck

8006295: Base64.Decoder.wrap(java.io.InputStream) returns InputStream which throws unspecified IOException on attempt to decode invalid Base64 byte stream
8006315: Base64.Decoder decoding methods are not consistent in treating non-padded data
8006530: Base64.getMimeDecoder().decode() throws exception for non-base64 character after adding =
Summary: updated the spec to describe the expected behave explicitly and the implementation to follow
Reviewed-by: alanb, chegar, lancea

Reviewed-by: darcy
Contributed-by: brian.burkhalter@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: shade

Reviewed-by: darcy
Contributed-by: brian.burkhalter@oracle.com

8006526: Base64.Decoder.decode(String) spec contains a copy-paste mistake
Summary: to ignore single non-base64 char in mime decoding
Reviewed-by: alanb

Reviewed-by: mduigou

Summary: to check null for dec/enc.wrap methods
Reviewed-by: alanb

Reviewed-by: art, anthony, alexsch

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

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: briangoetz, mduigou
Contributed-by: henry.jen@oracle.com

Summary: Change the link to an archived document
Reviewed-by: chegar, mduigou

Reviewed-by: sla, dcubed, mchung

Reviewed-by: briangoetz