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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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.
+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8046977 8065303
+ * @summary ClassCastException: typing information needed for method reference bridging not preserved
+ * @author Srikanth
+ * @run main MethodReferenceGenericTarget
+ */
+
+public class MethodReferenceGenericTarget {
+    static String result = "";
+
+    interface ISi { int m(Short a); }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+      (new MethodReferenceGenericTarget()).testUnboxObjectToNumberWiden();
+      if (!result.equals("7775"))
+          throw new AssertionError("Incorrect result");
+        MethodReferenceTestPrivateTypeConversion.main(null);
+        new InferenceHookTest().test();
+    }
+
+    void foo(ISi q) {
+        result += q.m((short)75);
+    }
+
+    public void testUnboxObjectToNumberWiden() {
+        ISi q = (new E<Short>())::xI;
+        result += q.m((short)77);
+        // Verify poly invocation context to confirm we handle
+        // deferred/speculative attribution paths adequately.
+        foo((new E<Short>())::xI);
+    }
+
+    class E<T> {
+        private T xI(T t) { return t; }
+    }
+}
+
+// snippet from https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8065303
+class MethodReferenceTestPrivateTypeConversion {
+
+    class MethodReferenceTestTypeConversion_E<T> {
+        private T xI(T t) { return t; }
+    }
+
+    interface ISi { int m(Short a); }
+
+    interface ICc { char m(Character a); }
+
+    public void testUnboxObjectToNumberWiden() {
+        ISi q = (new MethodReferenceTestTypeConversion_E<Short>())::xI;
+        if ((q.m((short)77) != (short)77))
+            throw new AssertionError("Incorrect result");
+    }
+
+    public void testUnboxObjectToChar() {
+        ICc q = (new MethodReferenceTestTypeConversion_E<Character>())::xI;
+        if (q.m('@') != '@')
+            throw new AssertionError("Incorrect result");
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new MethodReferenceTestPrivateTypeConversion().testUnboxObjectToNumberWiden();
+        new MethodReferenceTestPrivateTypeConversion().testUnboxObjectToChar();
+    }
+}
+
+class InferenceHookTestBase {
+    <X> X m(Integer i) { return null; }
+}
+
+class InferenceHookTest extends InferenceHookTestBase {
+    interface SAM1<R> {
+        R m(Integer i);
+    }
+
+    <Z> Z g(SAM1<Z> o) { return null; }
+
+    void test() {
+        String s = g(super::m);
+        if (s != null)
+            throw new AssertionError("Incorrect result");
+    }
+}