src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/VarHandle.java
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+
+package java.lang.invoke;
+
+import jdk.internal.HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate;
+import jdk.internal.util.Preconditions;
+import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.ForceInline;
+import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.Stable;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleStatics.UNSAFE;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleStatics.newInternalError;
+
+/**
+ * A VarHandle is a dynamically strongly typed reference to a variable, or to a
+ * parametrically-defined family of variables, including static fields,
+ * non-static fields, array elements, or components of an off-heap data
+ * structure.  Access to such variables is supported under various
+ * <em>access modes</em>, including plain read/write access, volatile
+ * read/write access, and compare-and-swap.
+ *
+ * <p>VarHandles are immutable and have no visible state.  VarHandles cannot be
+ * subclassed by the user.
+ *
+ * <p>A VarHandle has:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>a {@link #varType variable type} T, the type of every variable referenced
+ * by this VarHandle; and
+ * <li>a list of {@link #coordinateTypes coordinate types}
+ * {@code CT1, CT2, ..., CTn}, the types of <em>coordinate expressions</em> that
+ * jointly locate a variable referenced by this VarHandle.
+ * </ul>
+ * Variable and coordinate types may be primitive or reference, and are
+ * represented by {@code Class} objects.  The list of coordinate types may be
+ * empty.
+ *
+ * <p>Factory methods that produce or {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup
+ * lookup} VarHandle instances document the supported variable type and the list
+ * of coordinate types.
+ *
+ * <p>Each access mode is associated with one <em>access mode method</em>, a
+ * <a href="MethodHandle.html#sigpoly">signature polymorphic</a> method named
+ * for the access mode.  When an access mode method is invoked on a VarHandle
+ * instance, the initial arguments to the invocation are coordinate expressions
+ * that indicate in precisely which object the variable is to be accessed.
+ * Trailing arguments to the invocation represent values of importance to the
+ * access mode.  For example, the various compare-and-set or compare-and-exchange
+ * access modes require two trailing arguments for the variable's expected value
+ * and new value.
+ *
+ * <p>The arity and types of arguments to the invocation of an access mode
+ * method are not checked statically.  Instead, each access mode method
+ * specifies an {@link #accessModeType(AccessMode) access mode type},
+ * represented as an instance of {@link MethodType}, that serves as a kind of
+ * method signature against which the arguments are checked dynamically.  An
+ * access mode type gives formal parameter types in terms of the coordinate
+ * types of a VarHandle instance and the types for values of importance to the
+ * access mode.  An access mode type also gives a return type, often in terms of
+ * the variable type of a VarHandle instance.  When an access mode method is
+ * invoked on a VarHandle instance, the symbolic type descriptor at the
+ * call site, the run time types of arguments to the invocation, and the run
+ * time type of the return value, must <a href="#invoke">match</a> the types
+ * given in the access mode type.  A runtime exception will be thrown if the
+ * match fails.
+ *
+ * For example, the access mode method {@link #compareAndSet} specifies that if
+ * its receiver is a VarHandle instance with coordinate types
+ * {@code CT1, ..., CTn} and variable type {@code T}, then its access mode type
+ * is {@code (CT1 c1, ..., CTn cn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean}.
+ * Suppose that a VarHandle instance can access array elements, and that its
+ * coordinate types are {@code String[]} and {@code int} while its variable type
+ * is {@code String}.  The access mode type for {@code compareAndSet} on this
+ * VarHandle instance would be
+ * {@code (String[] c1, int c2, String expectedValue, String newValue)boolean}.
+ * Such a VarHandle instance may produced by the
+ * {@link MethodHandles#arrayElementVarHandle(Class) array factory method} and
+ * access array elements as follows:
+ * <pre> {@code
+ * String[] sa = ...
+ * VarHandle avh = MethodHandles.arrayElementVarHandle(String[].class);
+ * boolean r = avh.compareAndSet(sa, 10, "expected", "new");
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <p>Access modes control atomicity and consistency properties.
+ * <em>Plain</em> read ({@code get}) and write ({@code set})
+ * accesses are guaranteed to be bitwise atomic only for references
+ * and for primitive values of at most 32 bits, and impose no observable
+ * ordering constraints with respect to threads other than the
+ * executing thread. <em>Opaque</em> operations are bitwise atomic and
+ * coherently ordered with respect to accesses to the same variable.
+ * In addition to obeying Opaque properties, <em>Acquire</em> mode
+ * reads and their subsequent accesses are ordered after matching
+ * <em>Release</em> mode writes and their previous accesses.  In
+ * addition to obeying Acquire and Release properties, all
+ * <em>Volatile</em> operations are totally ordered with respect to
+ * each other.
+ *
+ * <p>Access modes are grouped into the following categories:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>read access modes that get the value of a variable under specified
+ * memory ordering effects.
+ * The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group
+ * consists of the methods
+ * {@link #get get},
+ * {@link #getVolatile getVolatile},
+ * {@link #getAcquire getAcquire},
+ * {@link #getOpaque getOpaque}.
+ * <li>write access modes that set the value of a variable under specified
+ * memory ordering effects.
+ * The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group
+ * consists of the methods
+ * {@link #set set},
+ * {@link #setVolatile setVolatile},
+ * {@link #setRelease setRelease},
+ * {@link #setOpaque setOpaque}.
+ * <li>atomic update access modes that, for example, atomically compare and set
+ * the value of a variable under specified memory ordering effects.
+ * The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group
+ * consists of the methods
+ * {@link #compareAndSet compareAndSet},
+ * {@link #weakCompareAndSetPlain weakCompareAndSetPlain},
+ * {@link #weakCompareAndSet weakCompareAndSet},
+ * {@link #weakCompareAndSetAcquire weakCompareAndSetAcquire},
+ * {@link #weakCompareAndSetRelease weakCompareAndSetRelease},
+ * {@link #compareAndExchangeAcquire compareAndExchangeAcquire},
+ * {@link #compareAndExchange compareAndExchange},
+ * {@link #compareAndExchangeRelease compareAndExchangeRelease},
+ * {@link #getAndSet getAndSet},
+ * {@link #getAndSetAcquire getAndSetAcquire},
+ * {@link #getAndSetRelease getAndSetRelease}.
+ * <li>numeric atomic update access modes that, for example, atomically get and
+ * set with addition the value of a variable under specified memory ordering
+ * effects.
+ * The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group
+ * consists of the methods
+ * {@link #getAndAdd getAndAdd},
+ * {@link #getAndAddAcquire getAndAddAcquire},
+ * {@link #getAndAddRelease getAndAddRelease},
+ * <li>bitwise atomic update access modes that, for example, atomically get and
+ * bitwise OR the value of a variable under specified memory ordering
+ * effects.
+ * The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group
+ * consists of the methods
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseOr getAndBitwiseOr},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseOrAcquire getAndBitwiseOrAcquire},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseOrRelease getAndBitwiseOrRelease},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseAnd getAndBitwiseAnd},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseAndAcquire getAndBitwiseAndAcquire},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseAndRelease getAndBitwiseAndRelease},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseXor getAndBitwiseXor},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseXorAcquire getAndBitwiseXorAcquire},
+ * {@link #getAndBitwiseXorRelease getAndBitwiseXorRelease}.
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <p>Factory methods that produce or {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup
+ * lookup} VarHandle instances document the set of access modes that are
+ * supported, which may also include documenting restrictions based on the
+ * variable type and whether a variable is read-only.  If an access mode is not
+ * supported then the corresponding access mode method will on invocation throw
+ * an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.  Factory methods should document
+ * any additional undeclared exceptions that may be thrown by access mode
+ * methods.
+ * The {@link #get get} access mode is supported for all
+ * VarHandle instances and the corresponding method never throws
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
+ * If a VarHandle references a read-only variable (for example a {@code final}
+ * field) then write, atomic update, numeric atomic update, and bitwise atomic
+ * update access modes are not supported and corresponding methods throw
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
+ * Read/write access modes (if supported), with the exception of
+ * {@code get} and {@code set}, provide atomic access for
+ * reference types and all primitive types.
+ * Unless stated otherwise in the documentation of a factory method, the access
+ * modes {@code get} and {@code set} (if supported) provide atomic access for
+ * reference types and all primitives types, with the exception of {@code long}
+ * and {@code double} on 32-bit platforms.
+ *
+ * <p>Access modes will override any memory ordering effects specified at
+ * the declaration site of a variable.  For example, a VarHandle accessing a
+ * a field using the {@code get} access mode will access the field as
+ * specified <em>by its access mode</em> even if that field is declared
+ * {@code volatile}.  When mixed access is performed extreme care should be
+ * taken since the Java Memory Model may permit surprising results.
+ *
+ * <p>In addition to supporting access to variables under various access modes,
+ * a set of static methods, referred to as memory fence methods, is also
+ * provided for fine-grained control of memory ordering.
+ *
+ * The Java Language Specification permits other threads to observe operations
+ * as if they were executed in orders different than are apparent in program
+ * source code, subject to constraints arising, for example, from the use of
+ * locks, {@code volatile} fields or VarHandles.  The static methods,
+ * {@link #fullFence fullFence}, {@link #acquireFence acquireFence},
+ * {@link #releaseFence releaseFence}, {@link #loadLoadFence loadLoadFence} and
+ * {@link #storeStoreFence storeStoreFence}, can also be used to impose
+ * constraints.  Their specifications, as is the case for certain access modes,
+ * are phrased in terms of the lack of "reorderings" -- observable ordering
+ * effects that might otherwise occur if the fence was not present.  More
+ * precise phrasing of the specification of access mode methods and memory fence
+ * methods may accompany future updates of the Java Language Specification.
+ *
+ * <h1>Compiling invocation of access mode methods</h1>
+ * A Java method call expression naming an access mode method can invoke a
+ * VarHandle from Java source code.  From the viewpoint of source code, these
+ * methods can take any arguments and their polymorphic result (if expressed)
+ * can be cast to any return type.  Formally this is accomplished by giving the
+ * access mode methods variable arity {@code Object} arguments and
+ * {@code Object} return types (if the return type is polymorphic), but they
+ * have an additional quality called <em>signature polymorphism</em> which
+ * connects this freedom of invocation directly to the JVM execution stack.
+ * <p>
+ * As is usual with virtual methods, source-level calls to access mode methods
+ * compile to an {@code invokevirtual} instruction.  More unusually, the
+ * compiler must record the actual argument types, and may not perform method
+ * invocation conversions on the arguments.  Instead, it must generate
+ * instructions to push them on the stack according to their own unconverted
+ * types.  The VarHandle object itself will be pushed on the stack before the
+ * arguments.  The compiler then generates an {@code invokevirtual} instruction
+ * that invokes the access mode method with a symbolic type descriptor which
+ * describes the argument and return types.
+ * <p>
+ * To issue a complete symbolic type descriptor, the compiler must also
+ * determine the return type (if polymorphic).  This is based on a cast on the
+ * method invocation expression, if there is one, or else {@code Object} if the
+ * invocation is an expression, or else {@code void} if the invocation is a
+ * statement.  The cast may be to a primitive type (but not {@code void}).
+ * <p>
+ * As a corner case, an uncasted {@code null} argument is given a symbolic type
+ * descriptor of {@code java.lang.Void}.  The ambiguity with the type
+ * {@code Void} is harmless, since there are no references of type {@code Void}
+ * except the null reference.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h1><a id="invoke">Performing invocation of access mode methods</a></h1>
+ * The first time an {@code invokevirtual} instruction is executed it is linked
+ * by symbolically resolving the names in the instruction and verifying that
+ * the method call is statically legal.  This also holds for calls to access mode
+ * methods.  In this case, the symbolic type descriptor emitted by the compiler
+ * is checked for correct syntax, and names it contains are resolved.  Thus, an
+ * {@code invokevirtual} instruction which invokes an access mode method will
+ * always link, as long as the symbolic type descriptor is syntactically
+ * well-formed and the types exist.
+ * <p>
+ * When the {@code invokevirtual} is executed after linking, the receiving
+ * VarHandle's access mode type is first checked by the JVM to ensure that it
+ * matches the symbolic type descriptor.  If the type
+ * match fails, it means that the access mode method which the caller is
+ * invoking is not present on the individual VarHandle being invoked.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Invocation of an access mode method behaves as if an invocation of
+ * {@link MethodHandle#invoke}, where the receiving method handle accepts the
+ * VarHandle instance as the leading argument.  More specifically, the
+ * following, where {@code {access-mode}} corresponds to the access mode method
+ * name:
+ * <pre> {@code
+ * VarHandle vh = ..
+ * R r = (R) vh.{access-mode}(p1, p2, ..., pN);
+ * }</pre>
+ * behaves as if:
+ * <pre> {@code
+ * VarHandle vh = ..
+ * VarHandle.AccessMode am = VarHandle.AccessMode.valueFromMethodName("{access-mode}");
+ * MethodHandle mh = MethodHandles.varHandleExactInvoker(
+ *                       am,
+ *                       vh.accessModeType(am));
+ *
+ * R r = (R) mh.invoke(vh, p1, p2, ..., pN)
+ * }</pre>
+ * (modulo access mode methods do not declare throwing of {@code Throwable}).
+ * This is equivalent to:
+ * <pre> {@code
+ * MethodHandle mh = MethodHandles.lookup().findVirtual(
+ *                       VarHandle.class,
+ *                       "{access-mode}",
+ *                       MethodType.methodType(R, p1, p2, ..., pN));
+ *
+ * R r = (R) mh.invokeExact(vh, p1, p2, ..., pN)
+ * }</pre>
+ * where the desired method type is the symbolic type descriptor and a
+ * {@link MethodHandle#invokeExact} is performed, since before invocation of the
+ * target, the handle will apply reference casts as necessary and box, unbox, or
+ * widen primitive values, as if by {@link MethodHandle#asType asType} (see also
+ * {@link MethodHandles#varHandleInvoker}).
+ *
+ * More concisely, such behaviour is equivalent to:
+ * <pre> {@code
+ * VarHandle vh = ..
+ * VarHandle.AccessMode am = VarHandle.AccessMode.valueFromMethodName("{access-mode}");
+ * MethodHandle mh = vh.toMethodHandle(am);
+ *
+ * R r = (R) mh.invoke(p1, p2, ..., pN)
+ * }</pre>
+ * Where, in this case, the method handle is bound to the VarHandle instance.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h1>Invocation checking</h1>
+ * In typical programs, VarHandle access mode type matching will usually
+ * succeed.  But if a match fails, the JVM will throw a
+ * {@link WrongMethodTypeException}.
+ * <p>
+ * Thus, an access mode type mismatch which might show up as a linkage error
+ * in a statically typed program can show up as a dynamic
+ * {@code WrongMethodTypeException} in a program which uses VarHandles.
+ * <p>
+ * Because access mode types contain "live" {@code Class} objects, method type
+ * matching takes into account both type names and class loaders.
+ * Thus, even if a VarHandle {@code VH} is created in one class loader
+ * {@code L1} and used in another {@code L2}, VarHandle access mode method
+ * calls are type-safe, because the caller's symbolic type descriptor, as
+ * resolved in {@code L2}, is matched against the original callee method's
+ * symbolic type descriptor, as resolved in {@code L1}.  The resolution in
+ * {@code L1} happens when {@code VH} is created and its access mode types are
+ * assigned, while the resolution in {@code L2} happens when the
+ * {@code invokevirtual} instruction is linked.
+ * <p>
+ * Apart from type descriptor checks, a VarHandles's capability to
+ * access it's variables is unrestricted.
+ * If a VarHandle is formed on a non-public variable by a class that has access
+ * to that variable, the resulting VarHandle can be used in any place by any
+ * caller who receives a reference to it.
+ * <p>
+ * Unlike with the Core Reflection API, where access is checked every time a
+ * reflective method is invoked, VarHandle access checking is performed
+ * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#access">when the VarHandle is
+ * created</a>.
+ * Thus, VarHandles to non-public variables, or to variables in non-public
+ * classes, should generally be kept secret.  They should not be passed to
+ * untrusted code unless their use from the untrusted code would be harmless.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h1>VarHandle creation</h1>
+ * Java code can create a VarHandle that directly accesses any field that is
+ * accessible to that code.  This is done via a reflective, capability-based
+ * API called {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup
+ * MethodHandles.Lookup}.
+ * For example, a VarHandle for a non-static field can be obtained
+ * from {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findVarHandle
+ * Lookup.findVarHandle}.
+ * There is also a conversion method from Core Reflection API objects,
+ * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflectVarHandle
+ * Lookup.unreflectVarHandle}.
+ * <p>
+ * Access to protected field members is restricted to receivers only of the
+ * accessing class, or one of its subclasses, and the accessing class must in
+ * turn be a subclass (or package sibling) of the protected member's defining
+ * class.  If a VarHandle refers to a protected non-static field of a declaring
+ * class outside the current package, the receiver argument will be narrowed to
+ * the type of the accessing class.
+ *
+ * <h1>Interoperation between VarHandles and the Core Reflection API</h1>
+ * Using factory methods in the {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup
+ * Lookup} API, any field represented by a Core Reflection API object
+ * can be converted to a behaviorally equivalent VarHandle.
+ * For example, a reflective {@link java.lang.reflect.Field Field} can
+ * be converted to a VarHandle using
+ * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflectVarHandle
+ * Lookup.unreflectVarHandle}.
+ * The resulting VarHandles generally provide more direct and efficient
+ * access to the underlying fields.
+ * <p>
+ * As a special case, when the Core Reflection API is used to view the
+ * signature polymorphic access mode methods in this class, they appear as
+ * ordinary non-polymorphic methods.  Their reflective appearance, as viewed by
+ * {@link java.lang.Class#getDeclaredMethod Class.getDeclaredMethod},
+ * is unaffected by their special status in this API.
+ * For example, {@link java.lang.reflect.Method#getModifiers
+ * Method.getModifiers}
+ * will report exactly those modifier bits required for any similarly
+ * declared method, including in this case {@code native} and {@code varargs}
+ * bits.
+ * <p>
+ * As with any reflected method, these methods (when reflected) may be invoked
+ * directly via {@link java.lang.reflect.Method#invoke java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke},
+ * via JNI, or indirectly via
+ * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflect Lookup.unreflect}.
+ * However, such reflective calls do not result in access mode method
+ * invocations.  Such a call, if passed the required argument (a single one, of
+ * type {@code Object[]}), will ignore the argument and will throw an
+ * {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
+ * <p>
+ * Since {@code invokevirtual} instructions can natively invoke VarHandle
+ * access mode methods under any symbolic type descriptor, this reflective view
+ * conflicts with the normal presentation of these methods via bytecodes.
+ * Thus, these native methods, when reflectively viewed by
+ * {@code Class.getDeclaredMethod}, may be regarded as placeholders only.
+ * <p>
+ * In order to obtain an invoker method for a particular access mode type,
+ * use {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#varHandleExactInvoker} or
+ * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#varHandleInvoker}.  The
+ * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findVirtual Lookup.findVirtual}
+ * API is also able to return a method handle to call an access mode method for
+ * any specified access mode type and is equivalent in behaviour to
+ * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#varHandleInvoker}.
+ *
+ * <h1>Interoperation between VarHandles and Java generics</h1>
+ * A VarHandle can be obtained for a variable, such as a a field, which is
+ * declared with Java generic types.  As with the Core Reflection API, the
+ * VarHandle's variable type will be constructed from the erasure of the
+ * source-level type.  When a VarHandle access mode method is invoked, the
+ * types
+ * of its arguments or the return value cast type may be generic types or type
+ * instances.  If this occurs, the compiler will replace those types by their
+ * erasures when it constructs the symbolic type descriptor for the
+ * {@code invokevirtual} instruction.
+ *
+ * @see MethodHandle
+ * @see MethodHandles
+ * @see MethodType
+ * @since 9
+ */
+public abstract class VarHandle {
+    final VarForm vform;
+
+    VarHandle(VarForm vform) {
+        this.vform = vform;
+    }
+
+    RuntimeException unsupported() {
+        return new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    // Plain accessors
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of a variable, with memory semantics of reading as
+     * if the variable was declared non-{@code volatile}.  Commonly referred to
+     * as plain read access.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code get}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET)} on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * <p>This access mode is supported by all VarHandle instances and never
+     * throws {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the
+     * variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object get(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}, with memory
+     * semantics of setting as if the variable was declared non-{@code volatile}
+     * and non-{@code final}.  Commonly referred to as plain write access.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void}
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code set}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET)} on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    void set(Object... args);
+
+
+    // Volatile accessors
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of a variable, with memory semantics of reading as if
+     * the variable was declared {@code volatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getVolatile}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_VOLATILE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the
+     * variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getVolatile(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}, with memory
+     * semantics of setting as if the variable was declared {@code volatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code setVolatile}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET_VOLATILE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @apiNote
+     * Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has
+     * memory ordering effects compatible with {@code memory_order_seq_cst}.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    void setVolatile(Object... args);
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of a variable, accessed in program order, but with no
+     * assurance of memory ordering effects with respect to other threads.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getOpaque}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_OPAQUE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the
+     * variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getOpaque(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}, in program order,
+     * but with no assurance of memory ordering effects with respect to other
+     * threads.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code setOpaque}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET_OPAQUE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    void setOpaque(Object... args);
+
+
+    // Lazy accessors
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of a variable, and ensures that subsequent loads and
+     * stores are not reordered before this access.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_ACQUIRE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @apiNote
+     * Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has
+     * memory ordering effects compatible with {@code memory_order_acquire}
+     * ordering.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the
+     * variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}, and ensures that
+     * prior loads and stores are not reordered after this access.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code setRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET_RELEASE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @apiNote
+     * Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has
+     * memory ordering effects compatible with {@code memory_order_release}
+     * ordering.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    void setRelease(Object... args);
+
+
+    // Compare and set accessors
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue} with the
+     * memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile} if the variable's current value,
+     * referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * compareAndSet} must match the access mode type that is the result of
+     * calling {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_SET)} on
+     * this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return {@code true} if successful, otherwise {@code false} if the
+     * witness value was not the same as the {@code expectedValue}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    boolean compareAndSet(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue} with the
+     * memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile} if the variable's current value,
+     * referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * compareAndExchange}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE)}
+     * on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the witness value, which
+     * will be the same as the {@code expectedValue} if successful
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type is not
+     * compatible with the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type is compatible with the
+     * caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object compareAndExchange(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue} with the
+     * memory semantics of {@link #set} if the variable's current value,
+     * referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getAcquire}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * compareAndExchangeAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE_ACQUIRE)} on
+     * this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the witness value, which
+     * will be the same as the {@code expectedValue} if successful
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #set(Object...)
+     * @see #getAcquire(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object compareAndExchangeAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue} with the
+     * memory semantics of {@link #setRelease} if the variable's current value,
+     * referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * compareAndExchangeRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE_RELEASE)}
+     * on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the witness value, which
+     * will be the same as the {@code expectedValue} if successful
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setRelease(Object...)
+     * @see #get(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object compareAndExchangeRelease(Object... args);
+
+    // Weak (spurious failures allowed)
+
+    /**
+     * Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}
+     * with the semantics of {@link #set} if the variable's current value,
+     * referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory
+     * contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * weakCompareAndSetPlain} must match the access mode type that is the result of
+     * calling {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_PLAIN)}
+     * on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return {@code true} if successful, otherwise {@code false} if the
+     * witness value was not the same as the {@code expectedValue} or if this
+     * operation spuriously failed.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #set(Object...)
+     * @see #get(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    boolean weakCompareAndSetPlain(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile} if the variable's
+     * current value, referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory
+     * contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * weakCompareAndSet} must match the access mode type that is the
+     * result of calling {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET)}
+     * on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return {@code true} if successful, otherwise {@code false} if the
+     * witness value was not the same as the {@code expectedValue} or if this
+     * operation spuriously failed.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    boolean weakCompareAndSet(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}
+     * with the semantics of {@link #set} if the variable's current value,
+     * referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getAcquire}.
+     *
+     * <p>This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory
+     * contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * weakCompareAndSetAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_ACQUIRE)}
+     * on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return {@code true} if successful, otherwise {@code false} if the
+     * witness value was not the same as the {@code expectedValue} or if this
+     * operation spuriously failed.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #set(Object...)
+     * @see #getAcquire(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    boolean weakCompareAndSetAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue}
+     * with the semantics of {@link #setRelease} if the variable's current
+     * value, referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, {@code ==} the
+     * {@code expectedValue}, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory
+     * contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code
+     * weakCompareAndSetRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_RELEASE)}
+     * on this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return {@code true} if successful, otherwise {@code false} if the
+     * witness value was not the same as the {@code expectedValue} or if this
+     * operation spuriously failed.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setRelease(Object...)
+     * @see #get(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    boolean weakCompareAndSetRelease(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue} with the
+     * memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile} and returns the variable's
+     * previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndSet}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_SET)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndSet(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue} with the
+     * memory semantics of {@link #set} and returns the variable's
+     * previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getAcquire}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndSetAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_SET_ACQUIRE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndSetAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the {@code newValue} with the
+     * memory semantics of {@link #setRelease} and returns the variable's
+     * previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndSetRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_SET_RELEASE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndSetRelease(Object... args);
+
+    // Primitive adders
+    // Throw UnsupportedOperationException for refs
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically adds the {@code value} to the current value of a variable with
+     * the memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile}, and returns the variable's
+     * previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndAdd}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_ADD)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndAdd(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically adds the {@code value} to the current value of a variable with
+     * the memory semantics of {@link #set}, and returns the variable's
+     * previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getAcquire}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndAddAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_ADD_ACQUIRE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndAddAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically adds the {@code value} to the current value of a variable with
+     * the memory semantics of {@link #setRelease}, and returns the variable's
+     * previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndAddRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_ADD_RELEASE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndAddRelease(Object... args);
+
+
+    // Bitwise operations
+    // Throw UnsupportedOperationException for refs
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical OR is performed instead of a bitwise OR.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseOr}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_OR)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseOr(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #set} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getAcquire}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical OR is performed instead of a bitwise OR.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseOrAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_OR_ACQUIRE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #set(Object...)
+     * @see #getAcquire(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseOrAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #setRelease} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical OR is performed instead of a bitwise OR.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseOrRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_OR_RELEASE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setRelease(Object...)
+     * @see #get(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseOrRelease(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical AND is performed instead of a bitwise AND.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseAnd}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_AND)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseAnd(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #set} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getAcquire}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical AND is performed instead of a bitwise AND.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseAndAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_AND_ACQUIRE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #set(Object...)
+     * @see #getAcquire(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseAndAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #setRelease} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical AND is performed instead of a bitwise AND.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseAndRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_AND_RELEASE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setRelease(Object...)
+     * @see #get(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseAndRelease(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #setVolatile} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getVolatile}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical XOR is performed instead of a bitwise XOR.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseXor}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setVolatile(Object...)
+     * @see #getVolatile(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseXor(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #set} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #getAcquire}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical XOR is performed instead of a bitwise XOR.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseXorAcquire}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR_ACQUIRE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #set(Object...)
+     * @see #getAcquire(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseXorAcquire(Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of
+     * bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the {@code mask}
+     * with the memory semantics of {@link #setRelease} and returns the
+     * variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of
+     * {@link #get}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the variable type is the non-integral {@code boolean} type then a
+     * logical XOR is performed instead of a bitwise XOR.
+     *
+     * <p>The method signature is of the form {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T}.
+     *
+     * <p>The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of {@code getAndBitwiseXorRelease}
+     * must match the access mode type that is the result of calling
+     * {@code accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR_RELEASE)} on this
+     * VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @param args the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form
+     * {@code (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)}
+     * , statically represented using varargs.
+     * @return the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of
+     * the variable
+     * , statically represented using {@code Object}.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the access mode is unsupported
+     * for this VarHandle.
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the access mode type does not
+     * match the caller's symbolic type descriptor.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the access mode type matches the caller's
+     * symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
+     * @see #setRelease(Object...)
+     * @see #get(Object...)
+     */
+    public final native
+    @MethodHandle.PolymorphicSignature
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    Object getAndBitwiseXorRelease(Object... args);
+
+
+    enum AccessType {
+        GET(Object.class),
+        SET(void.class),
+        COMPARE_AND_SWAP(boolean.class),
+        COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE(Object.class),
+        GET_AND_UPDATE(Object.class);
+
+        final Class<?> returnType;
+        final boolean isMonomorphicInReturnType;
+
+        AccessType(Class<?> returnType) {
+            this.returnType = returnType;
+            isMonomorphicInReturnType = returnType != Object.class;
+        }
+
+        MethodType accessModeType(Class<?> receiver, Class<?> value,
+                                  Class<?>... intermediate) {
+            Class<?>[] ps;
+            int i;
+            switch (this) {
+                case GET:
+                    ps = allocateParameters(0, receiver, intermediate);
+                    fillParameters(ps, receiver, intermediate);
+                    return MethodType.methodType(value, ps);
+                case SET:
+                    ps = allocateParameters(1, receiver, intermediate);
+                    i = fillParameters(ps, receiver, intermediate);
+                    ps[i] = value;
+                    return MethodType.methodType(void.class, ps);
+                case COMPARE_AND_SWAP:
+                    ps = allocateParameters(2, receiver, intermediate);
+                    i = fillParameters(ps, receiver, intermediate);
+                    ps[i++] = value;
+                    ps[i] = value;
+                    return MethodType.methodType(boolean.class, ps);
+                case COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE:
+                    ps = allocateParameters(2, receiver, intermediate);
+                    i = fillParameters(ps, receiver, intermediate);
+                    ps[i++] = value;
+                    ps[i] = value;
+                    return MethodType.methodType(value, ps);
+                case GET_AND_UPDATE:
+                    ps = allocateParameters(1, receiver, intermediate);
+                    i = fillParameters(ps, receiver, intermediate);
+                    ps[i] = value;
+                    return MethodType.methodType(value, ps);
+                default:
+                    throw new InternalError("Unknown AccessType");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static Class<?>[] allocateParameters(int values,
+                                                     Class<?> receiver, Class<?>... intermediate) {
+            int size = ((receiver != null) ? 1 : 0) + intermediate.length + values;
+            return new Class<?>[size];
+        }
+
+        private static int fillParameters(Class<?>[] ps,
+                                          Class<?> receiver, Class<?>... intermediate) {
+            int i = 0;
+            if (receiver != null)
+                ps[i++] = receiver;
+            for (int j = 0; j < intermediate.length; j++)
+                ps[i++] = intermediate[j];
+            return i;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The set of access modes that specify how a variable, referenced by a
+     * VarHandle, is accessed.
+     */
+    public enum AccessMode {
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#get VarHandle.get}
+         */
+        GET("get", AccessType.GET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#set VarHandle.set}
+         */
+        SET("set", AccessType.SET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getVolatile VarHandle.getVolatile}
+         */
+        GET_VOLATILE("getVolatile", AccessType.GET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#setVolatile VarHandle.setVolatile}
+         */
+        SET_VOLATILE("setVolatile", AccessType.SET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAcquire VarHandle.getAcquire}
+         */
+        GET_ACQUIRE("getAcquire", AccessType.GET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#setRelease VarHandle.setRelease}
+         */
+        SET_RELEASE("setRelease", AccessType.SET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getOpaque VarHandle.getOpaque}
+         */
+        GET_OPAQUE("getOpaque", AccessType.GET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#setOpaque VarHandle.setOpaque}
+         */
+        SET_OPAQUE("setOpaque", AccessType.SET),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#compareAndSet VarHandle.compareAndSet}
+         */
+        COMPARE_AND_SET("compareAndSet", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_SWAP),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#compareAndExchange VarHandle.compareAndExchange}
+         */
+        COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE("compareAndExchange", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#compareAndExchangeAcquire VarHandle.compareAndExchangeAcquire}
+         */
+        COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE_ACQUIRE("compareAndExchangeAcquire", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#compareAndExchangeRelease VarHandle.compareAndExchangeRelease}
+         */
+        COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE_RELEASE("compareAndExchangeRelease", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#weakCompareAndSetPlain VarHandle.weakCompareAndSetPlain}
+         */
+        WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_PLAIN("weakCompareAndSetPlain", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_SWAP),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#weakCompareAndSet VarHandle.weakCompareAndSet}
+         */
+        WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET("weakCompareAndSet", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_SWAP),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#weakCompareAndSetAcquire VarHandle.weakCompareAndSetAcquire}
+         */
+        WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_ACQUIRE("weakCompareAndSetAcquire", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_SWAP),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#weakCompareAndSetRelease VarHandle.weakCompareAndSetRelease}
+         */
+        WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_RELEASE("weakCompareAndSetRelease", AccessType.COMPARE_AND_SWAP),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndSet VarHandle.getAndSet}
+         */
+        GET_AND_SET("getAndSet", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndSetAcquire VarHandle.getAndSetAcquire}
+         */
+        GET_AND_SET_ACQUIRE("getAndSetAcquire", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndSetRelease VarHandle.getAndSetRelease}
+         */
+        GET_AND_SET_RELEASE("getAndSetRelease", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndAdd VarHandle.getAndAdd}
+         */
+        GET_AND_ADD("getAndAdd", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndAddAcquire VarHandle.getAndAddAcquire}
+         */
+        GET_AND_ADD_ACQUIRE("getAndAddAcquire", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndAddRelease VarHandle.getAndAddRelease}
+         */
+        GET_AND_ADD_RELEASE("getAndAddRelease", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseOr VarHandle.getAndBitwiseOr}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_OR("getAndBitwiseOr", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseOrRelease VarHandle.getAndBitwiseOrRelease}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_OR_RELEASE("getAndBitwiseOrRelease", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseOrAcquire VarHandle.getAndBitwiseOrAcquire}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_OR_ACQUIRE("getAndBitwiseOrAcquire", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseAnd VarHandle.getAndBitwiseAnd}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_AND("getAndBitwiseAnd", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseAndRelease VarHandle.getAndBitwiseAndRelease}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_AND_RELEASE("getAndBitwiseAndRelease", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseAndAcquire VarHandle.getAndBitwiseAndAcquire}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_AND_ACQUIRE("getAndBitwiseAndAcquire", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseXor VarHandle.getAndBitwiseXor}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR("getAndBitwiseXor", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseXorRelease VarHandle.getAndBitwiseXorRelease}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR_RELEASE("getAndBitwiseXorRelease", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        /**
+         * The access mode whose access is specified by the corresponding
+         * method
+         * {@link VarHandle#getAndBitwiseXorAcquire VarHandle.getAndBitwiseXorAcquire}
+         */
+        GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR_ACQUIRE("getAndBitwiseXorAcquire", AccessType.GET_AND_UPDATE),
+        ;
+
+        static final Map<String, AccessMode> methodNameToAccessMode;
+        static {
+            // Initial capacity of # values is sufficient to avoid resizes
+            // for the smallest table size (32)
+            methodNameToAccessMode = new HashMap<>(AccessMode.values().length);
+            for (AccessMode am : AccessMode.values()) {
+                methodNameToAccessMode.put(am.methodName, am);
+            }
+        }
+
+        final String methodName;
+        final AccessType at;
+
+        AccessMode(final String methodName, AccessType at) {
+            this.methodName = methodName;
+            this.at = at;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the {@code VarHandle} signature-polymorphic method name
+         * associated with this {@code AccessMode} value.
+         *
+         * @return the signature-polymorphic method name
+         * @see #valueFromMethodName
+         */
+        public String methodName() {
+            return methodName;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the {@code AccessMode} value associated with the specified
+         * {@code VarHandle} signature-polymorphic method name.
+         *
+         * @param methodName the signature-polymorphic method name
+         * @return the {@code AccessMode} value
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there is no {@code AccessMode}
+         *         value associated with method name (indicating the method
+         *         name does not correspond to a {@code VarHandle}
+         *         signature-polymorphic method name).
+         * @see #methodName()
+         */
+        public static AccessMode valueFromMethodName(String methodName) {
+            AccessMode am = methodNameToAccessMode.get(methodName);
+            if (am != null) return am;
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("No AccessMode value for method name " + methodName);
+        }
+
+        @ForceInline
+        static MemberName getMemberName(int ordinal, VarForm vform) {
+            return vform.memberName_table[ordinal];
+        }
+    }
+
+    static final class AccessDescriptor {
+        final MethodType symbolicMethodTypeErased;
+        final MethodType symbolicMethodTypeInvoker;
+        final Class<?> returnType;
+        final int type;
+        final int mode;
+
+        public AccessDescriptor(MethodType symbolicMethodType, int type, int mode) {
+            this.symbolicMethodTypeErased = symbolicMethodType.erase();
+            this.symbolicMethodTypeInvoker = symbolicMethodType.insertParameterTypes(0, VarHandle.class);
+            this.returnType = symbolicMethodType.returnType();
+            this.type = type;
+            this.mode = mode;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the variable type of variables referenced by this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @return the variable type of variables referenced by this VarHandle
+     */
+    public final Class<?> varType() {
+        MethodType typeSet = accessModeType(AccessMode.SET);
+        return typeSet.parameterType(typeSet.parameterCount() - 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the coordinate types for this VarHandle.
+     *
+     * @return the coordinate types for this VarHandle. The returned
+     * list is unmodifiable
+     */
+    public final List<Class<?>> coordinateTypes() {
+        MethodType typeGet = accessModeType(AccessMode.GET);
+        return typeGet.parameterList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains the access mode type for this VarHandle and a given access mode.
+     *
+     * <p>The access mode type's parameter types will consist of a prefix that
+     * is the coordinate types of this VarHandle followed by further
+     * types as defined by the access mode method.
+     * The access mode type's return type is defined by the return type of the
+     * access mode method.
+     *
+     * @param accessMode the access mode, corresponding to the
+     * signature-polymorphic method of the same name
+     * @return the access mode type for the given access mode
+     */
+    public final MethodType accessModeType(AccessMode accessMode) {
+        TypesAndInvokers tis = getTypesAndInvokers();
+        MethodType mt = tis.methodType_table[accessMode.at.ordinal()];
+        if (mt == null) {
+            mt = tis.methodType_table[accessMode.at.ordinal()] =
+                    accessModeTypeUncached(accessMode);
+        }
+        return mt;
+    }
+    abstract MethodType accessModeTypeUncached(AccessMode accessMode);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if the given access mode is supported, otherwise
+     * {@code false}.
+     *
+     * <p>The return of a {@code false} value for a given access mode indicates
+     * that an {@code UnsupportedOperationException} is thrown on invocation
+     * of the corresponding access mode method.
+     *
+     * @param accessMode the access mode, corresponding to the
+     * signature-polymorphic method of the same name
+     * @return {@code true} if the given access mode is supported, otherwise
+     * {@code false}.
+     */
+    public final boolean isAccessModeSupported(AccessMode accessMode) {
+        return AccessMode.getMemberName(accessMode.ordinal(), vform) != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains a method handle bound to this VarHandle and the given access
+     * mode.
+     *
+     * @apiNote This method, for a VarHandle {@code vh} and access mode
+     * {@code {access-mode}}, returns a method handle that is equivalent to
+     * method handle {@code bmh} in the following code (though it may be more
+     * efficient):
+     * <pre>{@code
+     * MethodHandle mh = MethodHandles.varHandleExactInvoker(
+     *                       vh.accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.{access-mode}));
+     *
+     * MethodHandle bmh = mh.bindTo(vh);
+     * }</pre>
+     *
+     * @param accessMode the access mode, corresponding to the
+     * signature-polymorphic method of the same name
+     * @return a method handle bound to this VarHandle and the given access mode
+     */
+    public final MethodHandle toMethodHandle(AccessMode accessMode) {
+        MemberName mn = AccessMode.getMemberName(accessMode.ordinal(), vform);
+        if (mn != null) {
+            MethodHandle mh = getMethodHandle(accessMode.ordinal());
+            return mh.bindTo(this);
+        }
+        else {
+            // Ensure an UnsupportedOperationException is thrown
+            return MethodHandles.varHandleInvoker(accessMode, accessModeType(accessMode)).
+                    bindTo(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Stable
+    TypesAndInvokers typesAndInvokers;
+
+    static class TypesAndInvokers {
+        final @Stable
+        MethodType[] methodType_table =
+                new MethodType[VarHandle.AccessType.values().length];
+
+        final @Stable
+        MethodHandle[] methodHandle_table =
+                new MethodHandle[AccessMode.values().length];
+    }
+
+    @ForceInline
+    private final TypesAndInvokers getTypesAndInvokers() {
+        TypesAndInvokers tis = typesAndInvokers;
+        if (tis == null) {
+            tis = typesAndInvokers = new TypesAndInvokers();
+        }
+        return tis;
+    }
+
+    @ForceInline
+    final MethodHandle getMethodHandle(int mode) {
+        TypesAndInvokers tis = getTypesAndInvokers();
+        MethodHandle mh = tis.methodHandle_table[mode];
+        if (mh == null) {
+            mh = tis.methodHandle_table[mode] = getMethodHandleUncached(mode);
+        }
+        return mh;
+    }
+    private final MethodHandle getMethodHandleUncached(int mode) {
+        MethodType mt = accessModeType(AccessMode.values()[mode]).
+                insertParameterTypes(0, VarHandle.class);
+        MemberName mn = vform.getMemberName(mode);
+        DirectMethodHandle dmh = DirectMethodHandle.make(mn);
+        // Such a method handle must not be publically exposed directly
+        // otherwise it can be cracked, it must be transformed or rebound
+        // before exposure
+        MethodHandle mh = dmh.copyWith(mt, dmh.form);
+        assert mh.type().erase() == mn.getMethodType().erase();
+        return mh;
+    }
+
+
+    /*non-public*/
+    final void updateVarForm(VarForm newVForm) {
+        if (vform == newVForm) return;
+        UNSAFE.putObject(this, VFORM_OFFSET, newVForm);
+        UNSAFE.fullFence();
+    }
+
+    static final BiFunction<String, List<Integer>, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException>
+            AIOOBE_SUPPLIER = Preconditions.outOfBoundsExceptionFormatter(
+            new Function<String, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException>() {
+                @Override
+                public ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException apply(String s) {
+                    return new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(s);
+                }
+            });
+
+    private static final long VFORM_OFFSET;
+
+    static {
+        VFORM_OFFSET = UNSAFE.objectFieldOffset(VarHandle.class, "vform");
+
+        // The VarHandleGuards must be initialized to ensure correct
+        // compilation of the guard methods
+        UNSAFE.ensureClassInitialized(VarHandleGuards.class);
+    }
+
+
+    // Fence methods
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures that loads and stores before the fence will not be reordered
+     * with
+     * loads and stores after the fence.
+     *
+     * @apiNote Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this
+     * method has memory ordering effects compatible with
+     * {@code atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_seq_cst)}
+     */
+    @ForceInline
+    public static void fullFence() {
+        UNSAFE.fullFence();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures that loads before the fence will not be reordered with loads and
+     * stores after the fence.
+     *
+     * @apiNote Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this
+     * method has memory ordering effects compatible with
+     * {@code atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_acquire)}
+     */
+    @ForceInline
+    public static void acquireFence() {
+        UNSAFE.loadFence();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures that loads and stores before the fence will not be
+     * reordered with stores after the fence.
+     *
+     * @apiNote Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this
+     * method has memory ordering effects compatible with
+     * {@code atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_release)}
+     */
+    @ForceInline
+    public static void releaseFence() {
+        UNSAFE.storeFence();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures that loads before the fence will not be reordered with
+     * loads after the fence.
+     */
+    @ForceInline
+    public static void loadLoadFence() {
+        UNSAFE.loadLoadFence();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures that stores before the fence will not be reordered with
+     * stores after the fence.
+     */
+    @ForceInline
+    public static void storeStoreFence() {
+        UNSAFE.storeStoreFence();
+    }
+}