8016175: Add bottom-up type-checking support for unambiguous method references Summary: Type-checking of non-overloaded method references should be independent from target-type Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8012242: Lambda compatibility and checked exceptions Summary: Inference variables in 'throws' clause with no constraints should be inferred as RuntimeException Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8020278: NPE in javadoc Reviewed-by: mcimadamore, vromero

8013404: Unclear spec for target typing with conditional operator (?:) Summary: Fix previously ignored test Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8020214: TEST_BUG: test/tools/javap/8007907/JavapReturns0AfterClassNotFoundTest.java broken Reviewed-by: jjg

Merge

8019824: very long error messages on inference error Summary: Inference error messages shows several spurious captured variables generated during an inference loop Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8016702: use of ternary operator in lambda expression gives incorrect results Summary: Constant types erroneously creep in during inference Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8016059: Cannot compile following lambda 8016060: Lambda isn't compiled with return statement Summary: Spurious error triggered during unnecessary recovery round Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8019480: Javac crashes when method is called on a type-variable receiver from lambda expression Summary: Logic for shortcircuiting speculative attribution doesn't handle type-variable receivers Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8017618: NullPointerException in RichDiagnosticFormatter for bad input program Summary: RDF crashes when diagnostic contains type 'void' Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

6356530: -Xlint:serial does not flag abstract classes with concrete methods/members Reviewed-by: mcimadamore

8009924: some langtools tools do not accept -cp as an alias for -classpath Reviewed-by: jjg

Added tag jdk8-b99 for changeset 38dd7ede2dfb

Merge