Reviewed-by: jrose

Summary: align CONSTANT_MethodHandle and Lookup.find* API calls, clarify security manager & @CallerSensitive interactions
Reviewed-by: mchung, twisti

Summary: Document error conditions that may occur when calling a "spreader" method handle.  Use IAE in all cases.
Reviewed-by: twisti, vlivanov

Summary: use a per-MH one element cache for MH.asType to speed up MH.invoke; also cache enough MH constants to cache LMF.metafactory
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: jrose

Summary: A major overhaul to MethodHandleInfo and method handles in general.
Reviewed-by: vlivanov, twisti
Contributed-by: john.r.rose@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: jrose

Reviewed-by: jrose, alanb, twisti

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: jrose, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

Reviewed-by: jrose

Summary: Bind callers to caller-sensitive methods.
Reviewed-by: twisti, jjh, vlivanov, ahgross

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

Reviewed-by: smarks

Reviewed-by: iveresov, alanb, jrose

Summary: add CountingMethodHandle
Reviewed-by: twisti, jrose

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

Summary: Fix corner cases involving MethodHandles.permuteArguments with long or double argument lists.
Reviewed-by: twisti, 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: 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: 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

6979327: method handle invocation should use casts instead of type parameters to specify return type
Summary: Change result type parameters to result type casts.  (Also, replace private placeholder class InvokeDynamic.)
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: twisti

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

Summary: Make NoAccessException be a checked exception.  Also remove JavaMethodHandle.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: darcy, weijun

Summary: Remove workaround from MethodHandleImpl lookup code; add JUnit regression test to MethodHandlesTest.
Reviewed-by: twisti

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