--- a/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/codegen/CodeGenerator.java	Mon Jul 01 17:21:09 2013 +0530
+++ b/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/codegen/CodeGenerator.java	Mon Jul 01 19:52:07 2013 +0530
@@ -1845,7 +1845,8 @@
             // If expression not int see if we can convert, if not use deflt to trigger default.
             if (!type.isInteger()) {
                 method.load(deflt);
-                method.invoke(staticCallNoLookup(ScriptRuntime.class, "switchTagAsInt", int.class, type.getTypeClass(), int.class));
+                final Class exprClass = type.getTypeClass();
+                method.invoke(staticCallNoLookup(ScriptRuntime.class, "switchTagAsInt", int.class, exprClass.isPrimitive()? exprClass : Object.class, int.class));
             }
 
             // If reasonable size and not too sparse (80%), use table otherwise use lookup.

--- a/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/ScriptRuntime.java	Mon Jul 01 17:21:09 2013 +0530
+++ b/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/ScriptRuntime.java	Mon Jul 01 19:52:07 2013 +0530
@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@
      * @param deflt default to use if not convertible.
      * @return int tag value (or deflt.)
      */
+    public static int switchTagAsInt(final boolean tag, final int deflt) {
+        return deflt;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a switch tag value to a simple integer. deflt value if it can't.
+     *
+     * @param tag   Switch statement tag value.
+     * @param deflt default to use if not convertible.
+     * @return int tag value (or deflt.)
+     */
     public static int switchTagAsInt(final long tag, final int deflt) {
         return isRepresentableAsInt(tag) ? (int)tag : deflt;
     }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/nashorn/test/script/basic/JDK-8019488.js	Mon Jul 01 19:52:07 2013 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ * 
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ * 
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * JDK-8019488: switch on literals result in NoSuchMethodError or VerifyError
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ */
+
+switch("") {
+    case 0:
+        break
+}
+
+switch(true) {
+    case 0:
+        print("0"); break;
+    case 1:
+        print("1"); break;
+}
+
+switch(false) {
+    case 0:
+        print("0"); break;
+    case 1:
+        print("1"); break;
+}
+
+switch([]) {
+    case 1:
+        print("1");
+}
+
+switch (undefined) {
+    case 0:
+        print("0");
+}
+
+switch (null) {
+    case 0:
+        print("0");
+}
+
+switch({}) {
+    case 1:
+        print("1");
+}