jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodType.java
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+/*
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+
+package java.lang.invoke;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import sun.invoke.util.BytecodeDescriptor;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleStatics.*;
+
+/**
+ * A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and
+ * returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed
+ * and expected  by a method handle caller.  Method types must be properly
+ * matched between a method handle and all its callers,
+ * and the JVM's operations enforce this matching at, specifically
+ * during calls to {@link MethodHandle#invokeExact MethodHandle.invokeExact}
+ * and {@link MethodHandle#invokeGeneric MethodHandle.invokeGeneric}, and during execution
+ * of {@code invokedynamic} instructions.
+ * <p>
+ * The structure is a return type accompanied by any number of parameter types.
+ * The types (primitive, {@code void}, and reference) are represented by {@link Class} objects.
+ * (For ease of exposition, we treat {@code void} as if it were a type.
+ * In fact, it denotes the absence of a return type.)
+ * <p>
+ * All instances of {@code MethodType} are immutable.
+ * Two instances are completely interchangeable if they compare equal.
+ * Equality depends on pairwise correspondence of the return and parameter types and on nothing else.
+ * <p>
+ * This type can be created only by factory methods.
+ * All factory methods may cache values, though caching is not guaranteed.
+ * Some factory methods are static, while others are virtual methods which
+ * modify precursor method types, e.g., by changing a selected parameter.
+ * <p>
+ * Factory methods which operate on groups of parameter types
+ * are systematically presented in two versions, so that both Java arrays and
+ * Java lists can be used to work with groups of parameter types.
+ * The query methods {@code parameterArray} and {@code parameterList}
+ * also provide a choice between arrays and lists.
+ * <p>
+ * {@code MethodType} objects are sometimes derived from bytecode instructions
+ * such as {@code invokedynamic}, specifically from the type descriptor strings associated
+ * with the instructions in a class file's constant pool.
+ * <p>
+ * Like classes and strings, method types can also be represented directly
+ * in a class file's constant pool as constants.
+ * A method type may be loaded by an {@code ldc} instruction which refers
+ * to a suitable {@code CONSTANT_MethodType} constant pool entry.
+ * The entry refers to a {@code CONSTANT_Utf8} spelling for the descriptor string.
+ * For more details, see the <a href="package-summary.html#mtcon">package summary</a>.
+ * <p>
+ * When the JVM materializes a {@code MethodType} from a descriptor string,
+ * all classes named in the descriptor must be accessible, and will be loaded.
+ * (But the classes need not be initialized, as is the case with a {@code CONSTANT_Class}.)
+ * This loading may occur at any time before the {@code MethodType} object is first derived.
+ * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
+ */
+public final
+class MethodType implements java.io.Serializable {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 292L;  // {rtype, {ptype...}}
+
+    // The rtype and ptypes fields define the structural identity of the method type:
+    private final Class<?>   rtype;
+    private final Class<?>[] ptypes;
+
+    // The remaining fields are caches of various sorts:
+    private MethodTypeForm form; // erased form, plus cached data about primitives
+    private MethodType wrapAlt;  // alternative wrapped/unwrapped version
+    private Invokers invokers;   // cache of handy higher-order adapters
+
+    /**
+     * Check the given parameters for validity and store them into the final fields.
+     */
+    private MethodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes) {
+        checkRtype(rtype);
+        checkPtypes(ptypes);
+        this.rtype = rtype;
+        this.ptypes = ptypes;
+    }
+
+    /*trusted*/ MethodTypeForm form() { return form; }
+    /*trusted*/ Class<?> rtype() { return rtype; }
+    /*trusted*/ Class<?>[] ptypes() { return ptypes; }
+
+    private static void checkRtype(Class<?> rtype) {
+        rtype.equals(rtype);  // null check
+    }
+    private static int checkPtype(Class<?> ptype) {
+        ptype.getClass();  //NPE
+        if (ptype == void.class)
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("parameter type cannot be void");
+        if (ptype == double.class || ptype == long.class)  return 1;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    /** Return number of extra slots (count of long/double args). */
+    private static int checkPtypes(Class<?>[] ptypes) {
+        int slots = 0;
+        for (Class<?> ptype : ptypes) {
+            slots += checkPtype(ptype);
+        }
+        checkSlotCount(ptypes.length + slots);
+        return slots;
+    }
+    private static void checkSlotCount(int count) {
+        if ((count & 0xFF) != count)
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("bad parameter count "+count);
+    }
+    private static IndexOutOfBoundsException newIndexOutOfBoundsException(Object num) {
+        if (num instanceof Integer)  num = "bad index: "+num;
+        return new IndexOutOfBoundsException(num.toString());
+    }
+
+    static final HashMap<MethodType,MethodType> internTable
+            = new HashMap<MethodType, MethodType>();
+
+    static final Class<?>[] NO_PTYPES = {};
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates an instance of the given method type.
+     * @param rtype  the return type
+     * @param ptypes the parameter types
+     * @return a method type with the given components
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypes} is {@code void.class}
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes) {
+        return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @return a method type with the given components
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypes} is {@code void.class}
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, List<Class<?>> ptypes) {
+        boolean notrust = false;  // random List impl. could return evil ptypes array
+        return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes.toArray(NO_PTYPES), notrust);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * The leading parameter type is prepended to the remaining array.
+     * @return a method type with the given components
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptype0} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code ptype0} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is {@code void.class}
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?> ptype0, Class<?>... ptypes) {
+        Class<?>[] ptypes1 = new Class<?>[1+ptypes.length];
+        ptypes1[0] = ptype0;
+        System.arraycopy(ptypes, 0, ptypes1, 1, ptypes.length);
+        return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes1, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * The resulting method has no parameter types.
+     * @return a method type with the given return value
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} is null
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype) {
+        return makeImpl(rtype, NO_PTYPES, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * The resulting method has the single given parameter type.
+     * @return a method type with the given return value and parameter type
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptype0} is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code ptype0} is {@code void.class}
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?> ptype0) {
+        return makeImpl(rtype, new Class<?>[]{ ptype0 }, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * The resulting method has the same parameter types as {@code ptypes},
+     * and the specified return type.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptypes} is null
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, MethodType ptypes) {
+        return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes.ptypes, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sole factory method to find or create an interned method type.
+     * @param rtype desired return type
+     * @param ptypes desired parameter types
+     * @param trusted whether the ptypes can be used without cloning
+     * @return the unique method type of the desired structure
+     */
+    /*trusted*/ static
+    MethodType makeImpl(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes, boolean trusted) {
+        if (ptypes == null || ptypes.length == 0) {
+            ptypes = NO_PTYPES; trusted = true;
+        }
+        MethodType mt1 = new MethodType(rtype, ptypes);
+        MethodType mt0;
+        synchronized (internTable) {
+            mt0 = internTable.get(mt1);
+            if (mt0 != null)
+                return mt0;
+        }
+        if (!trusted)
+            // defensively copy the array passed in by the user
+            mt1 = new MethodType(rtype, ptypes.clone());
+        // promote the object to the Real Thing, and reprobe
+        MethodTypeForm form = MethodTypeForm.findForm(mt1);
+        mt1.form = form;
+        if (form.erasedType == mt1) {
+            // This is a principal (erased) type; show it to the JVM.
+            MethodHandleNatives.init(mt1);
+        }
+        synchronized (internTable) {
+            mt0 = internTable.get(mt1);
+            if (mt0 != null)
+                return mt0;
+            internTable.put(mt1, mt1);
+        }
+        return mt1;
+    }
+
+    private static final MethodType[] objectOnlyTypes = new MethodType[20];
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type whose components are {@code Object} with an optional trailing {@code Object[]} array.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * All parameters and the return type will be {@code Object},
+     * except the final varargs parameter if any, which will be {@code Object[]}.
+     * @param objectArgCount number of parameters (excluding the varargs parameter if any)
+     * @param varargs whether there will be a varargs parameter, of type {@code Object[]}
+     * @return a totally generic method type, given only its count of parameters and varargs
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code objectArgCount} is negative or greater than 255
+     * @see #genericMethodType(int)
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType genericMethodType(int objectArgCount, boolean varargs) {
+        MethodType mt;
+        checkSlotCount(objectArgCount);
+        int ivarargs = (!varargs ? 0 : 1);
+        int ootIndex = objectArgCount*2 + ivarargs;
+        if (ootIndex < objectOnlyTypes.length) {
+            mt = objectOnlyTypes[ootIndex];
+            if (mt != null)  return mt;
+        }
+        Class<?>[] ptypes = new Class<?>[objectArgCount + ivarargs];
+        Arrays.fill(ptypes, Object.class);
+        if (ivarargs != 0)  ptypes[objectArgCount] = Object[].class;
+        mt = makeImpl(Object.class, ptypes, true);
+        if (ootIndex < objectOnlyTypes.length) {
+            objectOnlyTypes[ootIndex] = mt;     // cache it here also!
+        }
+        return mt;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type whose components are all {@code Object}.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * All parameters and the return type will be Object.
+     * @param objectArgCount number of parameters
+     * @return a totally generic method type, given only its count of parameters
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code objectArgCount} is negative or greater than 255
+     * @see #genericMethodType(int, boolean)
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodType genericMethodType(int objectArgCount) {
+        return genericMethodType(objectArgCount, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with a single different parameter type.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @param num    the index (zero-based) of the parameter type to change
+     * @param nptype a new parameter type to replace the old one with
+     * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter changed
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is not a valid index into {@code parameterArray()}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code nptype} is {@code void.class}
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code nptype} is null
+     */
+    public MethodType changeParameterType(int num, Class<?> nptype) {
+        if (parameterType(num) == nptype)  return this;
+        checkPtype(nptype);
+        Class<?>[] nptypes = ptypes.clone();
+        nptypes[num] = nptype;
+        return makeImpl(rtype, nptypes, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @param num    the position (zero-based) of the inserted parameter type(s)
+     * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert into the parameter list
+     * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) inserted
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
+     *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
+     */
+    public MethodType insertParameterTypes(int num, Class<?>... ptypesToInsert) {
+        int len = ptypes.length;
+        if (num < 0 || num > len)
+            throw newIndexOutOfBoundsException(num);
+        int ins = checkPtypes(ptypesToInsert);
+        checkSlotCount(parameterSlotCount() + ptypesToInsert.length + ins);
+        int ilen = ptypesToInsert.length;
+        if (ilen == 0)  return this;
+        Class<?>[] nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, 0, len+ilen);
+        System.arraycopy(nptypes, num, nptypes, num+ilen, len-num);
+        System.arraycopy(ptypesToInsert, 0, nptypes, num, ilen);
+        return makeImpl(rtype, nptypes, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert after the end of the parameter list
+     * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) appended
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
+     *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
+     */
+    public MethodType appendParameterTypes(Class<?>... ptypesToInsert) {
+        return insertParameterTypes(parameterCount(), ptypesToInsert);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @param num    the position (zero-based) of the inserted parameter type(s)
+     * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert into the parameter list
+     * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) inserted
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
+     *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
+     */
+    public MethodType insertParameterTypes(int num, List<Class<?>> ptypesToInsert) {
+        return insertParameterTypes(num, ptypesToInsert.toArray(NO_PTYPES));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert after the end of the parameter list
+     * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) appended
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
+     *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
+     */
+    public MethodType appendParameterTypes(List<Class<?>> ptypesToInsert) {
+        return insertParameterTypes(parameterCount(), ptypesToInsert);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with some parameter types omitted.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @param start  the index (zero-based) of the first parameter type to remove
+     * @param end    the index (greater than {@code start}) of the first parameter type after not to remove
+     * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) removed
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code start} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
+     *                                  or if {@code end} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
+     *                                  or if {@code start} is greater than {@code end}
+     */
+    public MethodType dropParameterTypes(int start, int end) {
+        int len = ptypes.length;
+        if (!(0 <= start && start <= end && end <= len))
+            throw newIndexOutOfBoundsException("start="+start+" end="+end);
+        if (start == end)  return this;
+        Class<?>[] nptypes;
+        if (start == 0) {
+            if (end == len) {
+                // drop all parameters
+                nptypes = NO_PTYPES;
+            } else {
+                // drop initial parameter(s)
+                nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, end, len);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (end == len) {
+                // drop trailing parameter(s)
+                nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, 0, start);
+            } else {
+                int tail = len - end;
+                nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, 0, start + tail);
+                System.arraycopy(ptypes, end, nptypes, start, tail);
+            }
+        }
+        return makeImpl(rtype, nptypes, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates a method type with a different return type.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * @param nrtype a return parameter type to replace the old one with
+     * @return the same type, except with the return type change
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code nrtype} is null
+     */
+    public MethodType changeReturnType(Class<?> nrtype) {
+        if (returnType() == nrtype)  return this;
+        return makeImpl(nrtype, ptypes, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reports if this type contains a primitive argument or return value.
+     * The return type {@code void} counts as a primitive.
+     * @return true if any of the types are primitives
+     */
+    public boolean hasPrimitives() {
+        return form.hasPrimitives();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reports if this type contains a wrapper argument or return value.
+     * Wrappers are types which box primitive values, such as {@link Integer}.
+     * The reference type {@code java.lang.Void} counts as a wrapper.
+     * @return true if any of the types are wrappers
+     */
+    public boolean hasWrappers() {
+        return unwrap() != this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Erases all reference types to {@code Object}.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * All primitive types (including {@code void}) will remain unchanged.
+     * @return a version of the original type with all reference types replaced
+     */
+    public MethodType erase() {
+        return form.erasedType();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts all types, both reference and primitive, to {@code Object}.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #genericMethodType(int) genericMethodType}.
+     * The expression {@code type.wrap().erase()} produces the same value
+     * as {@code type.generic()}.
+     * @return a version of the original type with all types replaced
+     */
+    public MethodType generic() {
+        return genericMethodType(parameterCount());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts all primitive types to their corresponding wrapper types.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * All reference types (including wrapper types) will remain unchanged.
+     * A {@code void} return type is changed to the type {@code java.lang.Void}.
+     * The expression {@code type.wrap().erase()} produces the same value
+     * as {@code type.generic()}.
+     * @return a version of the original type with all primitive types replaced
+     */
+    public MethodType wrap() {
+        return hasPrimitives() ? wrapWithPrims(this) : this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts all wrapper types to their corresponding primitive types.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * All primitive types (including {@code void}) will remain unchanged.
+     * A return type of {@code java.lang.Void} is changed to {@code void}.
+     * @return a version of the original type with all wrapper types replaced
+     */
+    public MethodType unwrap() {
+        MethodType noprims = !hasPrimitives() ? this : wrapWithPrims(this);
+        return unwrapWithNoPrims(noprims);
+    }
+
+    private static MethodType wrapWithPrims(MethodType pt) {
+        assert(pt.hasPrimitives());
+        MethodType wt = pt.wrapAlt;
+        if (wt == null) {
+            // fill in lazily
+            wt = MethodTypeForm.canonicalize(pt, MethodTypeForm.WRAP, MethodTypeForm.WRAP);
+            assert(wt != null);
+            pt.wrapAlt = wt;
+        }
+        return wt;
+    }
+
+    private static MethodType unwrapWithNoPrims(MethodType wt) {
+        assert(!wt.hasPrimitives());
+        MethodType uwt = wt.wrapAlt;
+        if (uwt == null) {
+            // fill in lazily
+            uwt = MethodTypeForm.canonicalize(wt, MethodTypeForm.UNWRAP, MethodTypeForm.UNWRAP);
+            if (uwt == null)
+                uwt = wt;    // type has no wrappers or prims at all
+            wt.wrapAlt = uwt;
+        }
+        return uwt;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the parameter type at the specified index, within this method type.
+     * @param num the index (zero-based) of the desired parameter type
+     * @return the selected parameter type
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is not a valid index into {@code parameterArray()}
+     */
+    public Class<?> parameterType(int num) {
+        return ptypes[num];
+    }
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of parameter types in this method type.
+     * @return the number of parameter types
+     */
+    public int parameterCount() {
+        return ptypes.length;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Returns the return type of this method type.
+     * @return the return type
+     */
+    public Class<?> returnType() {
+        return rtype;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Presents the parameter types as a list (a convenience method).
+     * The list will be immutable.
+     * @return the parameter types (as an immutable list)
+     */
+    public List<Class<?>> parameterList() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(ptypes));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Presents the parameter types as an array (a convenience method).
+     * Changes to the array will not result in changes to the type.
+     * @return the parameter types (as a fresh copy if necessary)
+     */
+    public Class<?>[] parameterArray() {
+        return ptypes.clone();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares the specified object with this type for equality.
+     * That is, it returns <tt>true</tt> if and only if the specified object
+     * is also a method type with exactly the same parameters and return type.
+     * @param x object to compare
+     * @see Object#equals(Object)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object x) {
+        return this == x || x instanceof MethodType && equals((MethodType)x);
+    }
+
+    private boolean equals(MethodType that) {
+        return this.rtype == that.rtype
+            && Arrays.equals(this.ptypes, that.ptypes);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the hash code value for this method type.
+     * It is defined to be the same as the hashcode of a List
+     * whose elements are the return type followed by the
+     * parameter types.
+     * @return the hash code value for this method type
+     * @see Object#hashCode()
+     * @see #equals(Object)
+     * @see List#hashCode()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+      int hashCode = 31 + rtype.hashCode();
+      for (Class<?> ptype : ptypes)
+          hashCode = 31*hashCode + ptype.hashCode();
+      return hashCode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of the method type,
+     * of the form {@code "(PT0,PT1...)RT"}.
+     * The string representation of a method type is a
+     * parenthesis enclosed, comma separated list of type names,
+     * followed immediately by the return type.
+     * <p>
+     * Each type is represented by its
+     * {@link java.lang.Class#getSimpleName simple name}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append("(");
+        for (int i = 0; i < ptypes.length; i++) {
+            if (i > 0)  sb.append(",");
+            sb.append(ptypes[i].getSimpleName());
+        }
+        sb.append(")");
+        sb.append(rtype.getSimpleName());
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    /// Queries which have to do with the bytecode architecture
+
+    /** Reports the number of JVM stack slots required to invoke a method
+     * of this type.  Note that (for historical reasons) the JVM requires
+     * a second stack slot to pass long and double arguments.
+     * So this method returns {@link #parameterCount() parameterCount} plus the
+     * number of long and double parameters (if any).
+     * <p>
+     * This method is included for the benfit of applications that must
+     * generate bytecodes that process method handles and invokedynamic.
+     * @return the number of JVM stack slots for this type's parameters
+     */
+    /*non-public*/ int parameterSlotCount() {
+        return form.parameterSlotCount();
+    }
+
+    /*non-public*/ Invokers invokers() {
+        Invokers inv = invokers;
+        if (inv != null)  return inv;
+        invokers = inv = new Invokers(this);
+        return inv;
+    }
+
+    /** Reports the number of JVM stack slots which carry all parameters including and after
+     * the given position, which must be in the range of 0 to
+     * {@code parameterCount} inclusive.  Successive parameters are
+     * more shallowly stacked, and parameters are indexed in the bytecodes
+     * according to their trailing edge.  Thus, to obtain the depth
+     * in the outgoing call stack of parameter {@code N}, obtain
+     * the {@code parameterSlotDepth} of its trailing edge
+     * at position {@code N+1}.
+     * <p>
+     * Parameters of type {@code long} and {@code double} occupy
+     * two stack slots (for historical reasons) and all others occupy one.
+     * Therefore, the number returned is the number of arguments
+     * <em>including</em> and <em>after</em> the given parameter,
+     * <em>plus</em> the number of long or double arguments
+     * at or after after the argument for the given parameter.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is included for the benfit of applications that must
+     * generate bytecodes that process method handles and invokedynamic.
+     * @param num an index (zero-based, inclusive) within the parameter types
+     * @return the index of the (shallowest) JVM stack slot transmitting the
+     *         given parameter
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code num} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
+     */
+    /*non-public*/ int parameterSlotDepth(int num) {
+        if (num < 0 || num > ptypes.length)
+            parameterType(num);  // force a range check
+        return form.parameterToArgSlot(num-1);
+    }
+
+    /** Reports the number of JVM stack slots required to receive a return value
+     * from a method of this type.
+     * If the {@link #returnType() return type} is void, it will be zero,
+     * else if the return type is long or double, it will be two, else one.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is included for the benfit of applications that must
+     * generate bytecodes that process method handles and invokedynamic.
+     * @return the number of JVM stack slots (0, 1, or 2) for this type's return value
+     * Will be removed for PFD.
+     */
+    /*non-public*/ int returnSlotCount() {
+        return form.returnSlotCount();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds or creates an instance of a method type, given the spelling of its bytecode descriptor.
+     * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
+     * Any class or interface name embedded in the descriptor string
+     * will be resolved by calling {@link ClassLoader#loadClass(java.lang.String)}
+     * on the given loader (or if it is null, on the system class loader).
+     * <p>
+     * Note that it is possible to encounter method types which cannot be
+     * constructed by this method, because their component types are
+     * not all reachable from a common class loader.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is included for the benfit of applications that must
+     * generate bytecodes that process method handles and {@code invokedynamic}.
+     * @param descriptor a bytecode-level type descriptor string "(T...)T"
+     * @param loader the class loader in which to look up the types
+     * @return a method type matching the bytecode-level type descriptor
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the string is not well-formed
+     * @throws TypeNotPresentException if a named type cannot be found
+     */
+    public static MethodType fromMethodDescriptorString(String descriptor, ClassLoader loader)
+        throws IllegalArgumentException, TypeNotPresentException
+    {
+        List<Class<?>> types = BytecodeDescriptor.parseMethod(descriptor, loader);
+        Class<?> rtype = types.remove(types.size() - 1);
+        Class<?>[] ptypes = types.toArray(NO_PTYPES);
+        return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a bytecode descriptor representation of the method type.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that this is not a strict inverse of {@link #fromMethodDescriptorString fromMethodDescriptorString}.
+     * Two distinct classes which share a common name but have different class loaders
+     * will appear identical when viewed within descriptor strings.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is included for the benfit of applications that must
+     * generate bytecodes that process method handles and {@code invokedynamic}.
+     * {@link #fromMethodDescriptorString(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader) fromMethodDescriptorString},
+     * because the latter requires a suitable class loader argument.
+     * @return the bytecode type descriptor representation
+     */
+    public String toMethodDescriptorString() {
+        return BytecodeDescriptor.unparse(this);
+    }
+
+    /// Serialization.
+
+    /**
+     * There are no serializable fields for {@code MethodType}.
+     */
+    private static final java.io.ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = { };
+
+    /**
+     * Save the {@code MethodType} instance to a stream.
+     *
+     * @serialData
+     * For portability, the serialized format does not refer to named fields.
+     * Instead, the return type and parameter type arrays are written directly
+     * from the {@code writeObject} method, using two calls to {@code s.writeObject}
+     * as follows:
+     * <blockquote><pre>
+s.writeObject(this.returnType());
+s.writeObject(this.parameterArray());
+     * </pre></blockquote>
+     * <p>
+     * The deserialized field values are checked as if they were
+     * provided to the factory method {@link #methodType(Class,Class[]) methodType}.
+     * For example, null values, or {@code void} parameter types,
+     * will lead to exceptions during deserialization.
+     * @param the stream to write the object to
+     */
+    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s) throws java.io.IOException {
+        s.defaultWriteObject();  // requires serialPersistentFields to be an empty array
+        s.writeObject(returnType());
+        s.writeObject(parameterArray());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reconstitute the {@code MethodType} instance from a stream (that is,
+     * deserialize it).
+     * This instance is a scratch object with bogus final fields.
+     * It provides the parameters to the factory method called by
+     * {@link #readResolve readResolve}.
+     * After that call it is discarded.
+     * @param the stream to read the object from
+     * @see #MethodType()
+     * @see #readResolve
+     * @see #writeObject
+     */
+    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s) throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        s.defaultReadObject();  // requires serialPersistentFields to be an empty array
+
+        Class<?>   returnType     = (Class<?>)   s.readObject();
+        Class<?>[] parameterArray = (Class<?>[]) s.readObject();
+
+        // Probably this object will never escape, but let's check
+        // the field values now, just to be sure.
+        checkRtype(returnType);
+        checkPtypes(parameterArray);
+
+        parameterArray = parameterArray.clone();  // make sure it is unshared
+        MethodType_init(returnType, parameterArray);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * For serialization only.
+     * Sets the final fields to null, pending {@code Unsafe.putObject}.
+     */
+    private MethodType() {
+        this.rtype = null;
+        this.ptypes = null;
+    }
+    private void MethodType_init(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes) {
+        // In order to communicate these values to readResolve, we must
+        // store them into the implementation-specific final fields.
+        checkRtype(rtype);
+        checkPtypes(ptypes);
+        unsafe.putObject(this, rtypeOffset, rtype);
+        unsafe.putObject(this, ptypesOffset, ptypes);
+    }
+
+    // Support for resetting final fields while deserializing
+    private static final sun.misc.Unsafe unsafe = sun.misc.Unsafe.getUnsafe();
+    private static final long rtypeOffset, ptypesOffset;
+    static {
+        try {
+            rtypeOffset = unsafe.objectFieldOffset
+                (MethodType.class.getDeclaredField("rtype"));
+            ptypesOffset = unsafe.objectFieldOffset
+                (MethodType.class.getDeclaredField("ptypes"));
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new Error(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves and initializes a {@code MethodType} object
+     * after serialization.
+     * @return the fully initialized {@code MethodType} object
+     */
+    private Object readResolve() {
+        // Do not use a trusted path for deserialization:
+        //return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes, true);
+        // Verify all operands, and make sure ptypes is unshared:
+        return methodType(rtype, ptypes);
+    }
+}