8023943: Method description fix for String.toLower/UpperCase() methods Reviewed-by: okutsu

8004179: Few of test/java/lang/management/ThreadMXBean/* tests don't clean up the created threads Summary: Just run those tests in "othervm" mode. Reviewed-by: alanb, dfuchs, sjiang

8023464: test/closed/sun/tracing/ProviderProxyTest.java failing Summary: Don't rely on assertions when an Exception suits better Reviewed-by: alanb, dfuchs, sjiang

8020816: Metafactory crashes on code with method reference 8021050: MethodHandleInfo throws exception when method handle is to a method with @CallerSensitive Summary: Fixed by 8008688 - this is a test to confirm the above fixed Reviewed-by: vlivanov

7186632: NLS t13y issue on jar.properties file Summary: to remove the redundant backslash Reviewed-by: naoto

6341345: (spec) Console.reader() should make it clear that the reader requires line termination Summary: to clarify the spec Reviewed-by: alanb

8019853: Break logging and AWT circular dependency Summary: Break logging and AWT circular dependency, which was at the root cause for 8023258 - Logger.getLogger() after ImageIO.read() returns different logger instance Reviewed-by: mchung, art

6823527: java.util.logging.Handler has thread safety issues Reviewed-by: dholmes, mchung

8008981: Deprecate SecurityManager checkTopLevelWindow, checkSystemClipboardAccess, checkAwtEventQueueAccess Reviewed-by: anthony, art, mchung

8023463: Improvements to HashMap/LinkedHashMap use of bins/buckets and trees (red/black) 8012913: LinkedHashMap key/value/entry spliterators should report ORDERED Reviewed-by: mduigou, forax, bchristi, alanb Contributed-by: Doug Lea <dl@cs.oswego.edu>, Paul Sandoz <paul.sandoz@oracle.com>