--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/EventSetDescriptor.java	Sun Sep 26 14:14:48 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/EventSetDescriptor.java	Mon Sep 27 13:38:49 2010 +0400
@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@
         setRemoveListenerMethod(getMethod(sourceClass, removeListenerMethodName, 1));
 
         // Be more forgiving of not finding the getListener method.
-        if (getListenerMethodName != null) {
-            setGetListenerMethod(Introspector.findInstanceMethod(sourceClass, getListenerMethodName));
+        Method method = Introspector.findMethod(sourceClass, getListenerMethodName, 0);
+        if (method != null) {
+            setGetListenerMethod(method);
         }
     }
 

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/IndexedPropertyDescriptor.java	Sun Sep 26 14:14:48 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/IndexedPropertyDescriptor.java	Mon Sep 27 13:38:49 2010 +0400
@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@
                     indexedReadMethodName = Introspector.GET_PREFIX + getBaseName();
                 }
             }
-            indexedReadMethod = Introspector.findInstanceMethod(cls, indexedReadMethodName, int.class);
+
+            Class[] args = { int.class };
+            indexedReadMethod = Introspector.findMethod(cls, indexedReadMethodName, 1, args);
             if (indexedReadMethod == null) {
                 // no "is" method, so look for a "get" method.
                 indexedReadMethodName = Introspector.GET_PREFIX + getBaseName();
-                indexedReadMethod = Introspector.findInstanceMethod(cls, indexedReadMethodName, int.class);
+                indexedReadMethod = Introspector.findMethod(cls, indexedReadMethodName, 1, args);
             }
             setIndexedReadMethod0(indexedReadMethod);
         }
@@ -265,7 +267,9 @@
             if (indexedWriteMethodName == null) {
                 indexedWriteMethodName = Introspector.SET_PREFIX + getBaseName();
             }
-            indexedWriteMethod = Introspector.findInstanceMethod(cls, indexedWriteMethodName, int.class, type);
+
+            Class[] args = (type == null) ? null : new Class[] { int.class, type };
+            indexedWriteMethod = Introspector.findMethod(cls, indexedWriteMethodName, 2, args);
             if (indexedWriteMethod != null) {
                 if (!indexedWriteMethod.getReturnType().equals(void.class)) {
                     indexedWriteMethod = null;

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/Introspector.java	Sun Sep 26 14:14:48 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/Introspector.java	Mon Sep 27 13:38:49 2010 +0400
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import com.sun.beans.WeakCache;
 import com.sun.beans.finder.BeanInfoFinder;
 import com.sun.beans.finder.ClassFinder;
-import com.sun.beans.finder.MethodFinder;
 
 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
@@ -843,8 +842,8 @@
                 Method read = result.getReadMethod();
 
                 if (read == null && write != null) {
-                    read = findInstanceMethod(result.getClass0(),
-                                              GET_PREFIX + NameGenerator.capitalize(result.getName()));
+                    read = findMethod(result.getClass0(),
+                                      GET_PREFIX + NameGenerator.capitalize(result.getName()), 0);
                     if (read != null) {
                         try {
                             result.setReadMethod(read);
@@ -854,9 +853,9 @@
                     }
                 }
                 if (write == null && read != null) {
-                    write = findInstanceMethod(result.getClass0(),
-                                               SET_PREFIX + NameGenerator.capitalize(result.getName()),
-                                               FeatureDescriptor.getReturnType(result.getClass0(), read));
+                    write = findMethod(result.getClass0(),
+                                       SET_PREFIX + NameGenerator.capitalize(result.getName()), 1,
+                                       new Class[] { FeatureDescriptor.getReturnType(result.getClass0(), read) });
                     if (write != null) {
                         try {
                             result.setWriteMethod(write);
@@ -1280,27 +1279,90 @@
     // Package private support methods.
     //======================================================================
 
-    static Method findMethod(Class<?> type, String name, int args) {
-        for (Method method : type.getMethods()) {
-            if (method.getName().equals(name) && (args == method.getParameterTypes().length)) {
-                try {
-                    return MethodFinder.findAccessibleMethod(method);
+    /**
+     * Internal support for finding a target methodName with a given
+     * parameter list on a given class.
+     */
+    private static Method internalFindMethod(Class start, String methodName,
+                                                 int argCount, Class args[]) {
+        // For overriden methods we need to find the most derived version.
+        // So we start with the given class and walk up the superclass chain.
+
+        Method method = null;
+
+        for (Class cl = start; cl != null; cl = cl.getSuperclass()) {
+            Method methods[] = getPublicDeclaredMethods(cl);
+            for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
+                method = methods[i];
+                if (method == null) {
+                    continue;
                 }
-                catch (NoSuchMethodException exception) {
-                    // continue search for a method with the specified count of parameters
+
+                // make sure method signature matches.
+                Class params[] = FeatureDescriptor.getParameterTypes(start, method);
+                if (method.getName().equals(methodName) &&
+                    params.length == argCount) {
+                    if (args != null) {
+                        boolean different = false;
+                        if (argCount > 0) {
+                            for (int j = 0; j < argCount; j++) {
+                                if (params[j] != args[j]) {
+                                    different = true;
+                                    continue;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            if (different) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return method;
                 }
             }
         }
-        return null;
+        method = null;
+
+        // Now check any inherited interfaces.  This is necessary both when
+        // the argument class is itself an interface, and when the argument
+        // class is an abstract class.
+        Class ifcs[] = start.getInterfaces();
+        for (int i = 0 ; i < ifcs.length; i++) {
+            // Note: The original implementation had both methods calling
+            // the 3 arg method. This is preserved but perhaps it should
+            // pass the args array instead of null.
+            method = internalFindMethod(ifcs[i], methodName, argCount, null);
+            if (method != null) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return method;
     }
 
-    static Method findInstanceMethod(Class<?> type, String name, Class<?>... args) {
-        try {
-            return MethodFinder.findInstanceMethod(type, name, args);
-        }
-        catch (NoSuchMethodException exception) {
+    /**
+     * Find a target methodName on a given class.
+     */
+    static Method findMethod(Class cls, String methodName, int argCount) {
+        return findMethod(cls, methodName, argCount, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find a target methodName with specific parameter list on a given class.
+     * <p>
+     * Used in the contructors of the EventSetDescriptor,
+     * PropertyDescriptor and the IndexedPropertyDescriptor.
+     * <p>
+     * @param cls The Class object on which to retrieve the method.
+     * @param methodName Name of the method.
+     * @param argCount Number of arguments for the desired method.
+     * @param args Array of argument types for the method.
+     * @return the method or null if not found
+     */
+    static Method findMethod(Class cls, String methodName, int argCount,
+                             Class args[]) {
+        if (methodName == null) {
             return null;
         }
+        return internalFindMethod(cls, methodName, argCount, args);
     }
 
     /**

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/MethodDescriptor.java	Sun Sep 26 14:14:48 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/MethodDescriptor.java	Mon Sep 27 13:38:49 2010 +0400
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@
                         // Find methods for up to 2 params. We are guessing here.
                         // This block should never execute unless the classloader
                         // that loaded the argument classes disappears.
-                        method = Introspector.findMethod(cls, name, i);
+                        method = Introspector.findMethod(cls, name, i, null);
                         if (method != null) {
                             break;
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
-                    method = Statement.getMethod(cls, name, params);
+                    method = Introspector.findMethod(cls, name, params.length, params);
                 }
                 setMethod(method);
             }

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/PropertyDescriptor.java	Sun Sep 26 14:14:48 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/PropertyDescriptor.java	Mon Sep 27 13:38:49 2010 +0400
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@
         // If this class or one of its base classes allow PropertyChangeListener,
         // then we assume that any properties we discover are "bound".
         // See Introspector.getTargetPropertyInfo() method.
-        this.bound = null != Introspector.findInstanceMethod(beanClass, "addPropertyChangeListener", PropertyChangeListener.class);
+        Class[] args = { PropertyChangeListener.class };
+        this.bound = null != Introspector.findMethod(beanClass, "addPropertyChangeListener", args.length, args);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -223,10 +224,10 @@
             // property type is.  For booleans, there can be "is" and "get"
             // methods.  If an "is" method exists, this is the official
             // reader method so look for this one first.
-            readMethod = Introspector.findInstanceMethod(cls, readMethodName);
+            readMethod = Introspector.findMethod(cls, readMethodName, 0);
             if (readMethod == null) {
                 readMethodName = Introspector.GET_PREFIX + getBaseName();
-                readMethod = Introspector.findInstanceMethod(cls, readMethodName);
+                readMethod = Introspector.findMethod(cls, readMethodName, 0);
             }
             try {
                 setReadMethod(readMethod);
@@ -291,7 +292,8 @@
                 writeMethodName = Introspector.SET_PREFIX + getBaseName();
             }
 
-            writeMethod = Introspector.findInstanceMethod(cls, writeMethodName, type);
+            Class[] args = (type == null) ? null : new Class[] { type };
+            writeMethod = Introspector.findMethod(cls, writeMethodName, 1, args);
             if (writeMethod != null) {
                 if (!writeMethod.getReturnType().equals(void.class)) {
                     writeMethod = null;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/beans/Introspector/6976577/Test6976577.java	Mon Sep 27 13:38:49 2010 +0400
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6976577
+ * @summary Tests public methods in non-public beans
+ * @author Sergey Malenkov
+ */
+
+import test.Accessor;
+
+import java.beans.EventSetDescriptor;
+import java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor;
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+public class Test6976577 {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Class<?> bt = Accessor.getBeanType();
+        Class<?> lt = Accessor.getListenerType();
+
+        // test PropertyDescriptor
+        PropertyDescriptor pd = new PropertyDescriptor("boolean", bt);
+        test(pd.getReadMethod());
+        test(pd.getWriteMethod());
+
+        // test IndexedPropertyDescriptor
+        IndexedPropertyDescriptor ipd = new IndexedPropertyDescriptor("indexed", bt);
+        test(ipd.getReadMethod());
+        test(ipd.getWriteMethod());
+        test(ipd.getIndexedReadMethod());
+        test(ipd.getIndexedWriteMethod());
+
+        // test EventSetDescriptor
+        EventSetDescriptor esd = new EventSetDescriptor(bt, "test", lt, "process");
+        test(esd.getAddListenerMethod());
+        test(esd.getRemoveListenerMethod());
+        test(esd.getGetListenerMethod());
+        test(esd.getListenerMethods());
+    }
+
+    private static void test(Method... methods) {
+        for (Method method : methods) {
+            if (method == null) {
+                throw new Error("public method is not found");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/beans/Introspector/6976577/test/Accessor.java	Mon Sep 27 13:38:49 2010 +0400
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package test;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
+import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;
+import java.util.EventListener;
+import java.util.TooManyListenersException;
+
+public class Accessor {
+
+    public static Class<?> getBeanType() {
+        return Bean.class;
+    }
+
+    public static Class<?> getListenerType() {
+        return TestListener.class;
+    }
+}
+
+interface TestEvent {
+}
+
+interface TestListener extends EventListener {
+    void process(TestEvent event);
+}
+
+class Bean {
+
+    private boolean b;
+    private int[] indexed;
+    private TestListener listener;
+    private final PropertyChangeSupport pcs = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);
+
+    public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) {
+        this.pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
+    }
+
+    public void addTestListener(TestListener listener) throws TooManyListenersException {
+        if (listener != null) {
+            if (this.listener != null) {
+                throw new TooManyListenersException();
+            }
+            this.listener = listener;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void removeTestListener(TestListener listener) {
+        if (this.listener == listener) {
+            this.listener = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public TestListener[] getTestListeners() {
+        return (this.listener != null)
+                ? new TestListener[] { this.listener }
+                : new TestListener[0];
+    }
+
+    public boolean isBoolean() {
+        return this.b;
+    }
+
+    public void setBoolean(boolean b) {
+        this.b = b;
+    }
+
+    public int[] getIndexed() {
+        return this.indexed;
+    }
+
+    public void setIndexed(int[] values) {
+        this.indexed = values;
+    }
+
+    public int getIndexed(int index) {
+        return this.indexed[index];
+    }
+
+    public void setIndexed(int index, int value) {
+        this.indexed[index] = value;
+    }
+}