--- a/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/objects/NativeString.java	Tue Mar 26 08:42:35 2013 +0100
+++ b/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/objects/NativeString.java	Tue Mar 26 18:26:19 2013 +0530
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@
         return value.length();
     }
 
+    // This is to support length as method call as well.
+    @Override
+    protected GuardedInvocation findGetMethod(final CallSiteDescriptor desc, final LinkRequest request, final String operator) {
+        final String name = desc.getNameToken(2);
+
+        // if str.length(), then let the bean linker handle it
+        if ("length".equals(name) && "getMethod".equals(operator)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return super.findGetMethod(desc, request, operator);
+    }
+
     // This is to provide array-like access to string characters without creating a NativeString wrapper.
     @Override
     protected GuardedInvocation findGetIndexMethod(final CallSiteDescriptor desc, final LinkRequest request) {

--- a/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/linker/PrimitiveLookup.java	Tue Mar 26 08:42:35 2013 +0100
+++ b/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/linker/PrimitiveLookup.java	Tue Mar 26 18:26:19 2013 +0530
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
             }
             return new GuardedInvocation(method, guard, link.getSwitchPoint());
         }
-        assert desc.getNameTokenCount() <= 2; // Named operations would hit the return null after findProperty
         return null;
     }
 }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/nashorn/test/script/basic/JDK-8010720.js	Tue Mar 26 18:26:19 2013 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * 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-8010720:  Linkage problem with java.lang.String.length()
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ */
+
+var s = new java.lang.String("nashorn");
+
+if (s.length() != 7) {
+    fail("s.length() does not return expected value");
+}
+
+if (s.length != 7) {
+    fail("s.length does not return expected value");
+}
+
+
+if ('hello'.length() != 5) {
+    fail("'hello'.length() does not return expected value");
+}
+
+if ('hello'.length != 5) {
+    fail("'hello'.length does not return expected value");
+}
+