6980096: JSR 292 reflective lookup should throw checked exceptions
authorjrose
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:40:23 -0700
changeset 7052 963a5baf2ba3
parent 7051 1c545d70a157
child 7053 da0e2dc092d3
6980096: JSR 292 reflective lookup should throw checked exceptions Summary: Make NoAccessException be a checked exception. Also remove JavaMethodHandle. Reviewed-by: twisti
jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/CallSite.java
jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/JavaMethodHandle.java
jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/MethodHandles.java
jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/MethodType.java
jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/NoAccessException.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/BoundMethodHandle.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/CallSiteImpl.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FilterGeneric.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FilterOneArgument.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FromGeneric.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/Invokers.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/JavaMethodHandle.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MemberName.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MethodHandleImpl.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MethodHandleNatives.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/SpreadGeneric.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/ToGeneric.java
jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/util/ValueConversions.java
jdk/test/java/dyn/JavaDocExamples.java
jdk/test/java/dyn/MethodHandlesTest.java
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/CallSite.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/CallSite.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -273,15 +273,19 @@
     public final MethodHandle dynamicInvoker() {
         if (this instanceof ConstantCallSite)
             return getTarget();  // will not change dynamically
-        MethodHandle getCSTarget = GET_TARGET;
-        if (getCSTarget == null)
-            GET_TARGET = getCSTarget = MethodHandles.Lookup.IMPL_LOOKUP.
-                findVirtual(CallSite.class, "getTarget", MethodType.methodType(MethodHandle.class));
-        MethodHandle getTarget = MethodHandleImpl.bindReceiver(IMPL_TOKEN, getCSTarget, this);
+        MethodHandle getTarget = MethodHandleImpl.bindReceiver(IMPL_TOKEN, GET_TARGET, this);
         MethodHandle invoker = MethodHandles.exactInvoker(this.type());
         return MethodHandles.foldArguments(invoker, getTarget);
     }
-    private static MethodHandle GET_TARGET = null;  // link this lazily, not eagerly
+    private static final MethodHandle GET_TARGET;
+    static {
+        try {
+            GET_TARGET = MethodHandles.Lookup.IMPL_LOOKUP.
+                findVirtual(CallSite.class, "getTarget", MethodType.methodType(MethodHandle.class));
+        } catch (NoAccessException ignore) {
+            throw new InternalError();
+        }
+    }
 
     /** Implementation of {@link MethodHandleProvider} which returns {@code this.dynamicInvoker()}. */
     public final MethodHandle asMethodHandle() { return dynamicInvoker(); }
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/JavaMethodHandle.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,237 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 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.  Oracle designates this
- * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
- * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
- *
- * 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.
- */
-
-package java.dyn;
-
-import sun.dyn.Access;
-
-/**
- * A Java method handle is a deprecated proposal for extending
- * the basic method handle type with additional
- * programmer defined methods and fields.
- * Its behavior as a method handle is determined at instance creation time,
- * by providing the new instance with an "entry point" method handle
- * to handle calls.  This entry point must accept a leading argument
- * whose type is the Java method handle itself or a supertype, and the
- * entry point is always called with the Java method handle itself as
- * the first argument.  This is similar to ordinary virtual methods, which also
- * accept the receiver object {@code this} as an implicit leading argument.
- * The {@code MethodType} of the Java method handle is the same as that
- * of the entry point method handle, with the leading parameter type
- * omitted.
- * <p>
- * Here is an example of usage, creating a hybrid object/functional datum:
- * <p><blockquote><pre>
- * class Greeter extends JavaMethodHandle {
- *     private String greeting = "hello";
- *     public void setGreeting(String s) { greeting = s; }
- *     public void run() { System.out.println(greeting+", "+greetee); }
- *     private final String greetee;
- *     Greeter(String greetee) {
- *         super(RUN); // alternatively, super("run")
- *         this.greetee = greetee;
- *     }
- *     // the entry point function is computed once:
- *     private static final MethodHandle RUN
- *         = MethodHandles.lookup().findVirtual(Greeter.class, "run",
- *               MethodType.make(void.class));
- * }
- * // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
- * Greeter greeter = new Greeter("world");
- * greeter.run();  // prints "hello, world"
- * // Statically typed method handle invocation (most direct):
- * MethodHandle mh = greeter;
- * mh.&lt;void&gt;invokeExact();  // also prints "hello, world"
- * // Dynamically typed method handle invocation:
- * MethodHandles.invokeExact(greeter);  // also prints "hello, world"
- * greeter.setGreeting("howdy");
- * mh.invokeExact();  // prints "howdy, world" (object-like mutable behavior)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * <p>
- * In the example of {@code Greeter}, the method {@code run} provides the entry point.
- * The entry point need not be a constant value; it may be independently
- * computed in each call to the constructor.  The entry point does not
- * even need to be a method on the {@code Greeter} class, though
- * that is the typical case.
- * <p>
- * The entry point may also be provided symbolically, in which case the the
- * {@code JavaMethodHandle} constructor performs the lookup of the entry point.
- * This makes it possible to use {@code JavaMethodHandle} to create an anonymous
- * inner class:
- * <p><blockquote><pre>
- * // We can also do this with symbolic names and/or inner classes:
- * MethodHandles.invokeExact(new JavaMethodHandle("yow") {
- *     void yow() { System.out.println("yow, world"); }
- * });
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * <p>
- * Here is similar lower-level code which works in terms of a bound method handle.
- * <p><blockquote><pre>
- *     class Greeter {
- *         public void run() { System.out.println("hello, "+greetee); }
- *         private final String greetee;
- *         Greeter(String greetee) { this.greetee = greetee; }
- *         // the entry point function is computed once:
- *         private static final MethodHandle RUN
- *             = MethodHandles.findVirtual(Greeter.class, "run",
- *                   MethodType.make(void.class));
- *     }
- *     // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
- *     Greeter greeter = new Greeter("world");
- *     greeter.run();  // prints "hello, world"
- *     MethodHandle mh = MethodHanndles.insertArgument(Greeter.RUN, 0, greeter);
- *     mh.invokeExact();  // also prints "hello, world"
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * Note that the method handle must be separately created as a view on the base object.
- * This increases footprint, complexity, and dynamic indirections.
- * <p>
- * Here is a pure functional value expressed most concisely as an anonymous inner class:
- * <p><blockquote><pre>
- *     // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
- *     final String greetee = "world";
- *     MethodHandle greeter = new JavaMethodHandle("run") {
- *         private void run() { System.out.println("hello, "+greetee); }
- *     }
- *     greeter.invokeExact();  // prints "hello, world"
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * <p>
- * Here is an abstract parameterized lvalue, efficiently expressed as a subtype of MethodHandle,
- * and instantiated as an anonymous class.  The data structure is a handle to 1-D array,
- * with a specialized index type (long).  It is created by inner class, and uses
- * signature-polymorphic APIs throughout.
- * <p><blockquote><pre>
- *     abstract class AssignableMethodHandle extends JavaMethodHandle {
- *       private final MethodHandle setter;
- *       public MethodHandle setter() { return setter; }
- *       public AssignableMethodHandle(String get, String set) {
- *         super(get);
- *         MethodType getType = this.type();
- *         MethodType setType = getType.insertParameterType(getType.parameterCount(), getType.returnType()).changeReturnType(void.class);
- *         this.setter = MethodHandles.publicLookup().bind(this, set, setType);
- *       }
- *     }
- *     // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
- *     final Number[] stuff = { 123, 456 };
- *     AssignableMethodHandle stuffPtr = new AssignableMethodHandle("get", "set") {
- *         public Number get(long i)           { return stuff[(int)i]; }
- *         public void   set(long i, Object x) {        stuff[(int)i] = x; }
- *     }
- *     int x = (Integer) stuffPtr.&lt;Number&gt;invokeExact(1L);  // 456
- *     stuffPtr.setter().&lt;void&gt;invokeExact(0L, (Number) 789);  // replaces 123 with 789
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * @see MethodHandle
- * @deprecated The JSR 292 EG intends to replace {@code JavaMethodHandle} with
- * an interface-based API for mixing method handle behavior with other classes.
- * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
- */
-public abstract class JavaMethodHandle
-        // Note: This is an implementation inheritance hack, and will be removed
-        // with a JVM change which moves the required hidden behavior onto this class.
-        extends sun.dyn.BoundMethodHandle
-{
-    private static final Access IMPL_TOKEN = Access.getToken();
-
-    /**
-     * When creating a {@code JavaMethodHandle}, the actual method handle
-     * invocation behavior will be delegated to the specified {@code entryPoint}.
-     * This may be any method handle which can take the newly constructed object
-     * as a leading parameter.
-     * <p>
-     * The method handle type of {@code this} (i.e, the fully constructed object)
-     * will be {@code entryPoint}, minus the leading argument.
-     * The leading argument will be bound to {@code this} on every method
-     * handle invocation.
-     * @param entryPoint the method handle to handle calls
-     */
-    protected JavaMethodHandle(MethodHandle entryPoint) {
-        super(entryPoint);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create a method handle whose entry point is a non-static method
-     * visible in the exact (most specific) class of
-     * the newly constructed object.
-     * <p>
-     * The method is specified by name and type, as if via this expression:
-     * {@code MethodHandles.lookup().findVirtual(this.getClass(), name, type)}.
-     * The class defining the method might be an anonymous inner class.
-     * <p>
-     * The method handle type of {@code this} (i.e, the fully constructed object)
-     * will be the given method handle type.
-     * A call to {@code this} will invoke the selected method.
-     * The receiver argument will be bound to {@code this} on every method
-     * handle invocation.
-     * <p>
-     * <i>Rationale:</i>
-     * Although this constructor may seem to be a mere luxury,
-     * it is not subsumed by the more general constructor which
-     * takes any {@code MethodHandle} as the entry point argument.
-     * In order to convert an entry point name to a method handle,
-     * the self-class of the object is required (in order to do
-     * the lookup).  The self-class, in turn, is generally not
-     * available at the time of the constructor invocation,
-     * due to the rules of Java and the JVM verifier.
-     * One cannot call {@code this.getClass()}, because
-     * the value of {@code this} is inaccessible at the point
-     * of the constructor call.  (Changing this would require
-     * change to the Java language, verifiers, and compilers.)
-     * In particular, this constructor allows {@code JavaMethodHandle}s
-     * to be created in combination with the anonymous inner class syntax.
-     * @param entryPointName the name of the entry point method
-     * @param type (optional) the desired type of the method handle
-     */
-    protected JavaMethodHandle(String entryPointName, MethodType type) {
-        super(entryPointName, type, true);
-
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create a method handle whose entry point is a non-static method
-     * visible in the exact (most specific) class of
-     * the newly constructed object.
-     * <p>
-     * The method is specified only by name.
-     * There must be exactly one method of that name visible in the object class,
-     * either inherited or locally declared.
-     * (That is, the method must not be overloaded.)
-     * <p>
-     * The method handle type of {@code this} (i.e, the fully constructed object)
-     * will be the same as the type of the selected non-static method.
-     * The receiver argument will be bound to {@code this} on every method
-     * handle invocation.
-     * <p>ISSUE: This signature wildcarding feature does not correspond to
-     * any MethodHandles.Lookup API element.  Can we eliminate it?
-     * Alternatively, it is useful for naming non-overloaded methods.
-     * Shall we make type arguments optional in the Lookup methods,
-     * throwing an error in cases of ambiguity?
-     * <p>
-     * For this method's rationale, see the documentation
-     * for {@link #JavaMethodHandle(String,MethodType)}.
-     * @param entryPointName the name of the entry point method
-     */
-    protected JavaMethodHandle(String entryPointName) {
-        super(entryPointName, (MethodType) null, false);
-    }
-}
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/MethodHandles.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/MethodHandles.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@
      * Return a {@link Lookup lookup object} which is trusted minimally.
      * It can only be used to create method handles to
      * publicly accessible fields and methods.
+     * <p>
+     * As a matter of pure convention, the {@linkplain Lookup#lookupClass lookup class}
+     * of this lookup object will be {@link java.lang.Object}.
+     * <p>
+     * The lookup class can be changed to any other class {@code C} using an expression of the form
+     * {@linkplain Lookup#in <code>publicLookup().in(C.class)</code>}.
+     * Since all classes have equal access to public names,
+     * such a change would confer no new access rights.
      */
     public static Lookup publicLookup() {
         return Lookup.PUBLIC_LOOKUP;
@@ -90,9 +98,10 @@
      * A <em>lookup object</em> is a factory for creating method handles,
      * when the creation requires access checking.
      * Method handles do not perform
-     * access checks when they are called; this is a major difference
+     * access checks when they are called, but rather when they are created.
+     * (This is a major difference
      * from reflective {@link Method}, which performs access checking
-     * against every caller, on every call.
+     * against every caller, on every call.)
      * Therefore, method handle access
      * restrictions must be enforced when a method handle is created.
      * The caller class against which those restrictions are enforced
@@ -107,7 +116,7 @@
      * It may then use this factory to create method handles on
      * all of its methods, including private ones.
      * It may also delegate the lookup (e.g., to a metaobject protocol)
-     * by passing the {@code Lookup} object to other code.
+     * by passing the lookup object to other code.
      * If this other code creates method handles, they will be access
      * checked against the original lookup class, and not with any higher
      * privileges.
@@ -125,23 +134,28 @@
      * It can also fail if a security manager is installed and refuses
      * access.  In any of these cases, an exception will be
      * thrown from the attempted lookup.
+     * <p>
      * In general, the conditions under which a method handle may be
      * created for a method {@code M} are exactly as restrictive as the conditions
      * under which the lookup class could have compiled a call to {@code M}.
-     * At least some of these error conditions are likely to be
-     * represented by checked exceptions in the final version of this API.
+     * This rule is applied even if the Java compiler might have created
+     * an wrapper method to access a private method of another class
+     * in the same top-level declaration.
+     * For example, a lookup object created for a nested class {@code C.D}
+     * can access private members within other related classes such as
+     * {@code C}, {@code C.D.E}, or {@code C.B}.
      */
     public static final
     class Lookup {
         /** The class on behalf of whom the lookup is being performed. */
         private final Class<?> lookupClass;
 
-        /** The allowed sorts of members which may be looked up (public, etc.), with STRICT for package. */
+        /** The allowed sorts of members which may be looked up (public, etc.), with STATIC for package. */
         private final int allowedModes;
 
         private static final int
             PUBLIC    = Modifier.PUBLIC,
-            PACKAGE   = Modifier.STRICT,
+            PACKAGE   = Modifier.STATIC,
             PROTECTED = Modifier.PROTECTED,
             PRIVATE   = Modifier.PRIVATE,
             ALL_MODES = (PUBLIC | PACKAGE | PROTECTED | PRIVATE),
@@ -155,8 +169,10 @@
         /** Which class is performing the lookup?  It is this class against
          *  which checks are performed for visibility and access permissions.
          *  <p>
-         *  This value is null if and only if this lookup was produced
-         *  by {@link MethodHandles#publicLookup}.
+         *  The class implies a maximum level of access permission,
+         *  but the permissions may be additionally limited by the bitmask
+         *  {@link #lookupModes}, which controls whether non-public members
+         *  can be accessed.
          */
         public Class<?> lookupClass() {
             return lookupClass;
@@ -168,10 +184,15 @@
         }
 
         /** Which types of members can this lookup object produce?
-         *  The result is a bit-mask of the modifier bits PUBLIC, PROTECTED, PRIVATE, and STRICT.
-         *  The modifier bit STRICT stands in for the (non-existent) package protection mode.
+         *  The result is a bit-mask of the {@link Modifier} bits
+         *  {@linkplain Modifier#PUBLIC PUBLIC (0x01)},
+         *  {@linkplain Modifier#PROTECTED PROTECTED (0x02)},
+         *  {@linkplain Modifier#PRIVATE PRIVATE (0x04)},
+         *  and {@linkplain Modifier#STATIC STATIC (0x08)}.
+         *  The modifier bit {@code STATIC} stands in for the package protection mode,
+         *  which does not have an explicit modifier bit.
          */
-        int lookupModes() {
+        public int lookupModes() {
             return allowedModes & ALL_MODES;
         }
 
@@ -621,32 +642,32 @@
 
         /// Helper methods, all package-private.
 
-        MemberName resolveOrFail(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type, boolean isStatic) {
+        MemberName resolveOrFail(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type, boolean isStatic) throws NoAccessException {
             checkSymbolicClass(refc);  // do this before attempting to resolve
             int mods = (isStatic ? Modifier.STATIC : 0);
             return IMPL_NAMES.resolveOrFail(new MemberName(refc, name, type, mods), true, lookupClassOrNull());
         }
 
-        MemberName resolveOrFail(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type, boolean isStatic) {
+        MemberName resolveOrFail(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type, boolean isStatic) throws NoAccessException {
             checkSymbolicClass(refc);  // do this before attempting to resolve
             int mods = (isStatic ? Modifier.STATIC : 0);
             return IMPL_NAMES.resolveOrFail(new MemberName(refc, name, type, mods), true, lookupClassOrNull());
         }
 
         MemberName resolveOrFail(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type, boolean isStatic,
-                                 boolean searchSupers, Class<?> specialCaller) {
+                                 boolean searchSupers, Class<?> specialCaller) throws NoAccessException {
             checkSymbolicClass(refc);  // do this before attempting to resolve
             int mods = (isStatic ? Modifier.STATIC : 0);
             return IMPL_NAMES.resolveOrFail(new MemberName(refc, name, type, mods), searchSupers, specialCaller);
         }
 
-        void checkSymbolicClass(Class<?> refc) {
+        void checkSymbolicClass(Class<?> refc) throws NoAccessException {
             Class<?> caller = lookupClassOrNull();
             if (caller != null && !VerifyAccess.isClassAccessible(refc, caller))
                 throw newNoAccessException("symbolic reference class is not public", new MemberName(refc), caller);
         }
 
-        void checkMethod(Class<?> refc, MemberName m, boolean wantStatic) {
+        void checkMethod(Class<?> refc, MemberName m, boolean wantStatic) throws NoAccessException {
             String message;
             if (m.isConstructor())
                 message = "expected a method, not a constructor";
@@ -659,7 +680,7 @@
             throw newNoAccessException(message, m, lookupClass());
         }
 
-        void checkAccess(Class<?> refc, MemberName m) {
+        void checkAccess(Class<?> refc, MemberName m) throws NoAccessException {
             int allowedModes = this.allowedModes;
             if (allowedModes == TRUSTED)  return;
             int mods = m.getModifiers();
@@ -695,14 +716,14 @@
             return "member is private to package";
         }
 
-        void checkSpecialCaller(Class<?> specialCaller) {
+        void checkSpecialCaller(Class<?> specialCaller) throws NoAccessException {
             if (allowedModes == TRUSTED)  return;
             if (!VerifyAccess.isSamePackageMember(specialCaller, lookupClass()))
                 throw newNoAccessException("no private access for invokespecial",
                                            new MemberName(specialCaller), lookupClass());
         }
 
-        MethodHandle restrictProtectedReceiver(MemberName method, MethodHandle mh) {
+        MethodHandle restrictProtectedReceiver(MemberName method, MethodHandle mh) throws NoAccessException {
             // The accessing class only has the right to use a protected member
             // on itself or a subclass.  Enforce that restriction, from JVMS 5.4.4, etc.
             if (!method.isProtected() || method.isStatic()
@@ -712,7 +733,7 @@
             else
                 return restrictReceiver(method, mh, lookupClass());
         }
-        MethodHandle restrictReceiver(MemberName method, MethodHandle mh, Class<?> caller) {
+        MethodHandle restrictReceiver(MemberName method, MethodHandle mh, Class<?> caller) throws NoAccessException {
             assert(!method.isStatic());
             Class<?> defc = method.getDeclaringClass();  // receiver type of mh is too wide
             if (defc.isInterface() || !defc.isAssignableFrom(caller)) {
@@ -898,11 +919,16 @@
      * @return a method handle which always invokes the call site's target
      */
     public static
-    MethodHandle dynamicInvoker(CallSite site) {
+    MethodHandle dynamicInvoker(CallSite site) throws NoAccessException {
         MethodHandle getCSTarget = GET_TARGET;
-        if (getCSTarget == null)
-            GET_TARGET = getCSTarget = Lookup.IMPL_LOOKUP.
-                findVirtual(CallSite.class, "getTarget", MethodType.methodType(MethodHandle.class));
+        if (getCSTarget == null) {
+            try {
+                GET_TARGET = getCSTarget = Lookup.IMPL_LOOKUP.
+                    findVirtual(CallSite.class, "getTarget", MethodType.methodType(MethodHandle.class));
+            } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+                throw new InternalError();
+            }
+        }
         MethodHandle getTarget = MethodHandleImpl.bindReceiver(IMPL_TOKEN, getCSTarget, site);
         MethodHandle invoker = exactInvoker(site.type());
         return foldArguments(invoker, getTarget);
@@ -1260,17 +1286,20 @@
      * <p>
      * <b>Example:</b>
      * <p><blockquote><pre>
-     *   MethodHandle cat = MethodHandles.lookup().
-     *     findVirtual(String.class, "concat", String.class, String.class);
-     *   System.out.println(cat.&lt;String&gt;invokeExact("x", "y")); // xy
+     *   import static java.dyn.MethodHandles.*;
+     *   import static java.dyn.MethodType.*;
+     *   ...
+     *   MethodHandle cat = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+     *     "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+     *   System.out.println((String) cat.invokeExact("x", "y")); // xy
      *   MethodHandle d0 = dropArguments(cat, 0, String.class);
-     *   System.out.println(d0.&lt;String&gt;invokeExact("x", "y", "z")); // xy
+     *   System.out.println((String) d0.invokeExact("x", "y", "z")); // yz
      *   MethodHandle d1 = dropArguments(cat, 1, String.class);
-     *   System.out.println(d1.&lt;String&gt;invokeExact("x", "y", "z")); // xz
+     *   System.out.println((String) d1.invokeExact("x", "y", "z")); // xz
      *   MethodHandle d2 = dropArguments(cat, 2, String.class);
-     *   System.out.println(d2.&lt;String&gt;invokeExact("x", "y", "z")); // yz
-     *   MethodHandle d12 = dropArguments(cat, 1, String.class, String.class);
-     *   System.out.println(d12.&lt;String&gt;invokeExact("w", "x", "y", "z")); // wz
+     *   System.out.println((String) d2.invokeExact("x", "y", "z")); // xy
+     *   MethodHandle d12 = dropArguments(cat, 1, int.class, boolean.class);
+     *   System.out.println((String) d12.invokeExact("x", 12, true, "z")); // xz
      * </pre></blockquote>
      * @param target the method handle to invoke after the argument is dropped
      * @param valueTypes the type(s) of the argument to drop
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/MethodType.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/MethodType.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -40,24 +40,37 @@
  * returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed
  * and expected  by a method handle caller.  Method types must be properly
  * matched between a method handle and all its callers,
- * and the JVM's operations enforce this matching at all times.
+ * and the JVM's operations enforce this matching at, specifically
+ * during calls to {@link MethodHandle#invokeExact}
+ * and {@link MethodHandle#invokeGeneric}, and during execution
+ * of {@code invokedynamic} instructions.
  * <p>
  * The structure is a return type accompanied by any number of parameter types.
- * The types (primitive, void, and reference) are represented by Class objects.
+ * The types (primitive, {@code void}, and reference) are represented by {@link Class} objects.
+ * (For ease of exposition, we treat {@code void} as if it were a type.
+ * In fact, it denotes the absence of a return type.)
  * <p>
- * All instances of <code>MethodType</code> are immutable.
+ * All instances of {@code MethodType} are immutable.
  * Two instances are completely interchangeable if they compare equal.
  * Equality depends on pairwise correspondence of the return and parameter types and on nothing else.
  * <p>
  * This type can be created only by factory methods.
  * All factory methods may cache values, though caching is not guaranteed.
  * <p>
- * Note: Like classes and strings, method types can be represented directly
- * as constants to be loaded by {@code ldc} bytecodes.
+ * {@code MethodType} objects are sometimes derived from bytecode instructions
+ * such as {@code invokedynamic}, specifically from the type descriptor strings associated
+ * with the instructions in a class file's constant pool.
+ * When this occurs, any classes named in the descriptor strings must be loaded.
+ * (But they need not be initialized.)
+ * This loading may occur at any time before the {@code MethodType} object is first derived.
+ * <p>
+ * Like classes and strings, method types can be represented directly
+ * in a class file's constant pool as constants to be loaded by {@code ldc} bytecodes.
+ * Loading such a constant causes its component classes to be loaded as necessary.
  * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
  */
 public final
-class MethodType {
+class MethodType implements java.lang.reflect.Type {
     private final Class<?>   rtype;
     private final Class<?>[] ptypes;
     private MethodTypeForm form; // erased form, plus cached data about primitives
@@ -636,11 +649,11 @@
 
     /** Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[])}.
      * Find or create an instance of the given method type.
-     * Any class or interface name embedded in the signature string
+     * Any class or interface name embedded in the descriptor string
      * will be resolved by calling {@link ClassLoader#loadClass(java.lang.String)}
      * on the given loader (or if it is null, on the system class loader).
      * <p>
-     * Note that it is possible to build method types which cannot be
+     * Note that it is possible to encounter method types which cannot be
      * constructed by this method, because their component types are
      * not all reachable from a common class loader.
      * <p>
@@ -662,8 +675,11 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create a bytecode signature representation of the type.
-     * Note that this is not a strict inverse of
+     * Create a bytecode descriptor representation of the method type.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that this is not a strict inverse of {@link #fromMethodDescriptorString}.
+     * Two distinct classes which share a common name but have different class loaders
+     * will appear identical when viewed within descriptor strings.
      * <p>
      * This method is included for the benfit of applications that must
      * generate bytecodes that process method handles and invokedynamic.
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/NoAccessException.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/dyn/NoAccessException.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * at the time of creation.
  * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
  */
-public class NoAccessException extends RuntimeException {
+public class NoAccessException extends ReflectiveOperationException {
     /**
      * Constructs a {@code NoAccessException} with no detail message.
      */
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/BoundMethodHandle.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/BoundMethodHandle.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
     private static final MemberName.Factory IMPL_NAMES = MemberName.getFactory(IMPL_TOKEN);
 
     // Constructors in this class *must* be package scoped or private.
-    // Exception:  JavaMethodHandle constructors are protected.
-    // (The link between JMH and BMH is temporary.)
 
     /** Bind a direct MH to its receiver (or first ref. argument).
      *  The JVM will pre-dispatch the MH if it is not already static.
@@ -122,55 +120,6 @@
         assert(this instanceof JavaMethodHandle);
     }
 
-    /** Initialize the current object as a Java method handle.
-     */
-    protected BoundMethodHandle(String entryPointName, MethodType type, boolean matchArity) {
-        super(Access.TOKEN, null);
-        MethodHandle entryPoint
-                = findJavaMethodHandleEntryPoint(this.getClass(),
-                                        entryPointName, type, matchArity);
-        MethodHandleImpl.initType(this, entryPoint.type().dropParameterTypes(0, 1));
-        this.argument = this; // kludge; get rid of
-        this.vmargslot = this.type().parameterSlotDepth(0);
-        initTarget(entryPoint, 0);
-        assert(this instanceof JavaMethodHandle);
-    }
-
-    private static
-    MethodHandle findJavaMethodHandleEntryPoint(Class<?> caller,
-                                                String name,
-                                                MethodType type,
-                                                boolean matchArity) {
-        if (matchArity)  type.getClass();  // elicit NPE
-        List<MemberName> methods = IMPL_NAMES.getMethods(caller, true, name, null, caller);
-        MethodType foundType = null;
-        MemberName foundMethod = null;
-        for (MemberName method : methods) {
-            if (method.getDeclaringClass() == MethodHandle.class)
-                continue;  // ignore methods inherited from MH class itself
-            MethodType mtype = method.getMethodType();
-            if (type != null && type.parameterCount() != mtype.parameterCount())
-                continue;
-            else if (foundType == null)
-                foundType = mtype;
-            else if (foundType != mtype)
-                throw newIllegalArgumentException("more than one method named "+name+" in "+caller.getName());
-            // discard overrides
-            if (foundMethod == null)
-                foundMethod = method;
-            else if (foundMethod.getDeclaringClass().isAssignableFrom(method.getDeclaringClass()))
-                foundMethod = method;
-        }
-        if (foundMethod == null)
-            throw newIllegalArgumentException("no method named "+name+" in "+caller.getName());
-        MethodHandle entryPoint = MethodHandleImpl.findMethod(IMPL_TOKEN, foundMethod, true, caller);
-        if (type != null) {
-            MethodType epType = type.insertParameterTypes(0, entryPoint.type().parameterType(0));
-            entryPoint = MethodHandles.convertArguments(entryPoint, epType);
-        }
-        return entryPoint;
-    }
-
     /** Make sure the given {@code argument} can be used as {@code argnum}-th
      *  parameter of the given method handle {@code mh}, which must be a reference.
      *  <p>
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/CallSiteImpl.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/CallSiteImpl.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 package sun.dyn;
 
 import java.dyn.*;
+import static sun.dyn.MemberName.uncaughtException;
 
 /**
  * Parts of CallSite known to the JVM.
@@ -80,11 +81,18 @@
 
     // This method is private in CallSite because it touches private fields in CallSite.
     // These private fields (vmmethod, vmindex) are specific to the JVM.
-    private static final MethodHandle PRIVATE_INITIALIZE_CALL_SITE =
+    private static final MethodHandle PRIVATE_INITIALIZE_CALL_SITE;
+    static {
+        try {
+            PRIVATE_INITIALIZE_CALL_SITE =
             MethodHandleImpl.IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(CallSite.class, "initializeFromJVM",
                 MethodType.methodType(void.class,
                                       String.class, MethodType.class,
                                       MemberName.class, int.class));
+        } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+            throw uncaughtException(ex);
+        }
+    }
 
     public static void setCallSiteTarget(Access token, CallSite site, MethodHandle target) {
         Access.check(token);
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FilterGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FilterGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.JavaMethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
-import java.dyn.NoAccessException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.dyn.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
 import static sun.dyn.MemberName.newIllegalArgumentException;
 
 /**
@@ -119,7 +115,7 @@
 
     static MethodHandle make(Kind kind, int pos, MethodHandle filter, MethodHandle target) {
         FilterGeneric fgen = of(kind, pos, filter.type(), target.type());
-        return fgen.makeInstance(kind, pos, filter, target);
+        return fgen.makeInstance(kind, pos, filter, target).asMethodHandle();
     }
 
     /** Return the adapter information for this target and filter type. */
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FilterOneArgument.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FilterOneArgument.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.JavaMethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
+import java.dyn.*;
+import static sun.dyn.MemberName.uncaughtException;
 
 /**
  * Unary function composition, useful for many small plumbing jobs.
@@ -51,8 +50,16 @@
         return target.invokeExact(filteredArgument);
     }
 
-    private static final MethodHandle INVOKE =
-        MethodHandleImpl.IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(FilterOneArgument.class, "invoke", MethodType.genericMethodType(1));
+    private static final MethodHandle INVOKE;
+    static {
+        try {
+            INVOKE =
+                MethodHandleImpl.IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(FilterOneArgument.class, "invoke",
+                                                         MethodType.genericMethodType(1));
+        } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+            throw uncaughtException(ex);
+        }
+    }
 
     protected FilterOneArgument(MethodHandle filter, MethodHandle target) {
         super(INVOKE);
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FromGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/FromGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,15 +25,9 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.JavaMethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandles;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
-import java.dyn.NoAccessException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import sun.dyn.util.ValueConversions;
-import sun.dyn.util.Wrapper;
+import java.dyn.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import sun.dyn.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Adapters which mediate between incoming calls which are generic
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/Invokers.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/Invokers.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandles;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
-
+import java.dyn.*;
 
 /**
  * Construction and caching of often-used invokers.
@@ -63,8 +60,11 @@
     public MethodHandle exactInvoker() {
         MethodHandle invoker = exactInvoker;
         if (invoker != null)  return invoker;
-        invoker = MethodHandleImpl.IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(MethodHandle.class, "invoke", targetType);
-        if (invoker == null)  throw new InternalError("JVM cannot find invoker for "+targetType);
+        try {
+            invoker = MethodHandleImpl.IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(MethodHandle.class, "invoke", targetType);
+        } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+            throw new InternalError("JVM cannot find invoker for "+targetType);
+        }
         assert(invokerType(targetType) == invoker.type());
         exactInvoker = invoker;
         return invoker;
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/JavaMethodHandle.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 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.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package sun.dyn;
+
+import java.dyn.*;
+import sun.dyn.Access;
+
+/**
+ * A Java method handle is a deprecated proposal for extending
+ * the basic method handle type with additional
+ * programmer defined methods and fields.
+ * Its behavior as a method handle is determined at instance creation time,
+ * by providing the new instance with an "entry point" method handle
+ * to handle calls.  This entry point must accept a leading argument
+ * whose type is the Java method handle itself or a supertype, and the
+ * entry point is always called with the Java method handle itself as
+ * the first argument.  This is similar to ordinary virtual methods, which also
+ * accept the receiver object {@code this} as an implicit leading argument.
+ * The {@code MethodType} of the Java method handle is the same as that
+ * of the entry point method handle, with the leading parameter type
+ * omitted.
+ * <p>
+ * Here is an example of usage, creating a hybrid object/functional datum:
+ * <p><blockquote><pre>
+ * class Greeter extends JavaMethodHandle {
+ *     private String greeting = "hello";
+ *     public void setGreeting(String s) { greeting = s; }
+ *     public void run() { System.out.println(greeting+", "+greetee); }
+ *     private final String greetee;
+ *     Greeter(String greetee) {
+ *         super(RUN); // alternatively, super("run")
+ *         this.greetee = greetee;
+ *     }
+ *     // the entry point function is computed once:
+ *     private static final MethodHandle RUN
+ *         = MethodHandles.lookup().findVirtual(Greeter.class, "run",
+ *               MethodType.make(void.class));
+ * }
+ * // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
+ * Greeter greeter = new Greeter("world");
+ * greeter.run();  // prints "hello, world"
+ * // Statically typed method handle invocation (most direct):
+ * MethodHandle mh = greeter;
+ * mh.&lt;void&gt;invokeExact();  // also prints "hello, world"
+ * // Dynamically typed method handle invocation:
+ * MethodHandles.invokeExact(greeter);  // also prints "hello, world"
+ * greeter.setGreeting("howdy");
+ * mh.invokeExact();  // prints "howdy, world" (object-like mutable behavior)
+ * </pre></blockquote>
+ * <p>
+ * In the example of {@code Greeter}, the method {@code run} provides the entry point.
+ * The entry point need not be a constant value; it may be independently
+ * computed in each call to the constructor.  The entry point does not
+ * even need to be a method on the {@code Greeter} class, though
+ * that is the typical case.
+ * <p>
+ * The entry point may also be provided symbolically, in which case the the
+ * {@code JavaMethodHandle} constructor performs the lookup of the entry point.
+ * This makes it possible to use {@code JavaMethodHandle} to create an anonymous
+ * inner class:
+ * <p><blockquote><pre>
+ * // We can also do this with symbolic names and/or inner classes:
+ * MethodHandles.invokeExact(new JavaMethodHandle("yow") {
+ *     void yow() { System.out.println("yow, world"); }
+ * });
+ * </pre></blockquote>
+ * <p>
+ * Here is similar lower-level code which works in terms of a bound method handle.
+ * <p><blockquote><pre>
+ *     class Greeter {
+ *         public void run() { System.out.println("hello, "+greetee); }
+ *         private final String greetee;
+ *         Greeter(String greetee) { this.greetee = greetee; }
+ *         // the entry point function is computed once:
+ *         private static final MethodHandle RUN
+ *             = MethodHandles.findVirtual(Greeter.class, "run",
+ *                   MethodType.make(void.class));
+ *     }
+ *     // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
+ *     Greeter greeter = new Greeter("world");
+ *     greeter.run();  // prints "hello, world"
+ *     MethodHandle mh = MethodHanndles.insertArgument(Greeter.RUN, 0, greeter);
+ *     mh.invokeExact();  // also prints "hello, world"
+ * </pre></blockquote>
+ * Note that the method handle must be separately created as a view on the base object.
+ * This increases footprint, complexity, and dynamic indirections.
+ * <p>
+ * Here is a pure functional value expressed most concisely as an anonymous inner class:
+ * <p><blockquote><pre>
+ *     // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
+ *     final String greetee = "world";
+ *     MethodHandle greeter = new JavaMethodHandle("run") {
+ *         private void run() { System.out.println("hello, "+greetee); }
+ *     }
+ *     greeter.invokeExact();  // prints "hello, world"
+ * </pre></blockquote>
+ * <p>
+ * Here is an abstract parameterized lvalue, efficiently expressed as a subtype of MethodHandle,
+ * and instantiated as an anonymous class.  The data structure is a handle to 1-D array,
+ * with a specialized index type (long).  It is created by inner class, and uses
+ * signature-polymorphic APIs throughout.
+ * <p><blockquote><pre>
+ *     abstract class AssignableMethodHandle extends JavaMethodHandle {
+ *       private final MethodHandle setter;
+ *       public MethodHandle setter() { return setter; }
+ *       public AssignableMethodHandle(String get, String set) {
+ *         super(get);
+ *         MethodType getType = this.type();
+ *         MethodType setType = getType.insertParameterType(getType.parameterCount(), getType.returnType()).changeReturnType(void.class);
+ *         this.setter = MethodHandles.publicLookup().bind(this, set, setType);
+ *       }
+ *     }
+ *     // class Main { public static void main(String... av) { ...
+ *     final Number[] stuff = { 123, 456 };
+ *     AssignableMethodHandle stuffPtr = new AssignableMethodHandle("get", "set") {
+ *         public Number get(long i)           { return stuff[(int)i]; }
+ *         public void   set(long i, Object x) {        stuff[(int)i] = x; }
+ *     }
+ *     int x = (Integer) stuffPtr.&lt;Number&gt;invokeExact(1L);  // 456
+ *     stuffPtr.setter().&lt;void&gt;invokeExact(0L, (Number) 789);  // replaces 123 with 789
+ * </pre></blockquote>
+ * @see MethodHandle
+ * @deprecated The JSR 292 EG intends to replace {@code JavaMethodHandle} with
+ * an interface-based API for mixing method handle behavior with other classes.
+ * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
+ */
+public abstract class JavaMethodHandle
+        // Note: This is an implementation inheritance hack, and will be removed
+        // with a JVM change which moves the required hidden behavior onto this class.
+        extends sun.dyn.BoundMethodHandle
+{
+    private static final Access IMPL_TOKEN = Access.getToken();
+
+    /**
+     * When creating a {@code JavaMethodHandle}, the actual method handle
+     * invocation behavior will be delegated to the specified {@code entryPoint}.
+     * This may be any method handle which can take the newly constructed object
+     * as a leading parameter.
+     * <p>
+     * The method handle type of {@code this} (i.e, the fully constructed object)
+     * will be {@code entryPoint}, minus the leading argument.
+     * The leading argument will be bound to {@code this} on every method
+     * handle invocation.
+     * @param entryPoint the method handle to handle calls
+     */
+    protected JavaMethodHandle(MethodHandle entryPoint) {
+        super(entryPoint);
+    }
+}
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MemberName.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MemberName.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -521,6 +521,11 @@
         if (lookupClass != null)  message += ", from " + lookupClass.getName();
         return new NoAccessException(message);
     }
+    public static Error uncaughtException(Exception ex) {
+        Error err = new InternalError("uncaught exception");
+        err.initCause(ex);
+        return err;
+    }
 
     /** Actually making a query requires an access check. */
     public static Factory getFactory(Access token) {
@@ -641,7 +646,7 @@
          *  If lookup fails or access is not permitted, a {@linkplain NoAccessException} is thrown.
          *  Otherwise a fresh copy of the given member is returned, with modifier bits filled in.
          */
-        public MemberName resolveOrFail(MemberName m, boolean searchSupers, Class<?> lookupClass) {
+        public MemberName resolveOrFail(MemberName m, boolean searchSupers, Class<?> lookupClass) throws NoAccessException {
             MemberName result = resolveOrNull(m, searchSupers, lookupClass);
             if (result != null)
                 return result;
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MethodHandleImpl.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MethodHandleImpl.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.JavaMethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandles;
+import java.dyn.*;
 import java.dyn.MethodHandles.Lookup;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import sun.dyn.util.VerifyType;
@@ -46,6 +43,7 @@
 import sun.misc.Unsafe;
 import static sun.dyn.MemberName.newIllegalArgumentException;
 import static sun.dyn.MemberName.newNoAccessException;
+import static sun.dyn.MemberName.uncaughtException;
 
 /**
  * Base class for method handles, containing JVM-specific fields and logic.
@@ -173,7 +171,7 @@
      */
     public static
     MethodHandle findMethod(Access token, MemberName method,
-            boolean doDispatch, Class<?> lookupClass) {
+            boolean doDispatch, Class<?> lookupClass) throws NoAccessException {
         Access.check(token);  // only trusted calls
         MethodType mtype = method.getMethodType();
         if (!method.isStatic()) {
@@ -320,7 +318,7 @@
             try {
                 VARARGS_INVOKE = IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(AllocateObject.class, "invoke_V", MethodType.genericMethodType(0, true));
             } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
-                throw new InternalError("");
+                throw uncaughtException(ex);
             }
         }
         // Corresponding generic constructor types:
@@ -416,9 +414,7 @@
                 f = c.getDeclaredField(field.getName());
                 return unsafe.staticFieldBase(f);
             } catch (Exception ee) {
-                Error e = new InternalError();
-                e.initCause(ee);
-                throw e;
+                throw uncaughtException(ee);
             }
         }
 
@@ -473,10 +469,8 @@
             MethodHandle mh;
             try {
                 mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(FieldAccessor.class, name, type);
-            } catch (NoAccessException ee) {
-                Error e = new InternalError("name,type="+name+type);
-                e.initCause(ee);
-                throw e;
+            } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+                throw uncaughtException(ex);
             }
             if (evclass != vclass || (!isStatic && ecclass != cclass)) {
                 MethodType strongType = FieldAccessor.ftype(cclass, vclass, isSetter, isStatic);
@@ -543,10 +537,8 @@
             MethodHandle mh;
             try {
                 mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(FieldAccessor.class, name, type);
-            } catch (NoAccessException ee) {
-                Error e = new InternalError("name,type="+name+type);
-                e.initCause(ee);
-                throw e;
+            } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+                throw uncaughtException(ex);
             }
             if (caclass != null) {
                 MethodType strongType = FieldAccessor.atype(caclass, isSetter);
@@ -1031,7 +1023,7 @@
             try {
                 VARARGS_INVOKE = IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(GuardWithTest.class, "invoke_V", MethodType.genericMethodType(0, true));
             } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
-                throw new InternalError("");
+                throw uncaughtException(ex);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1167,7 +1159,7 @@
             try {
                 VARARGS_INVOKE = IMPL_LOOKUP.findVirtual(GuardWithCatch.class, "invoke_V", MethodType.genericMethodType(0, true));
             } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
-                throw new InternalError("");
+                throw uncaughtException(ex);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1207,9 +1199,16 @@
         return AdapterMethodHandle.makeRetypeRaw(token, type, THROW_EXCEPTION);
     }
 
-    static final MethodHandle THROW_EXCEPTION
+    static final MethodHandle THROW_EXCEPTION;
+    static {
+        try {
+            THROW_EXCEPTION
             = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(MethodHandleImpl.class, "throwException",
                     MethodType.methodType(Empty.class, Throwable.class));
+        } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+        }
+    }
     static <T extends Throwable> Empty throwException(T t) throws T { throw t; }
 
     public static String getNameString(Access token, MethodHandle target) {
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MethodHandleNatives.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/MethodHandleNatives.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.CallSite;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
+import java.dyn.*;
 import java.dyn.MethodHandles.Lookup;
 import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
@@ -324,18 +322,24 @@
      */
     static MethodHandle linkMethodHandleConstant(Class<?> callerClass, int refKind,
                                                  Class<?> defc, String name, Object type) {
-        Lookup lookup = IMPL_LOOKUP.in(callerClass);
-        switch (refKind) {
-        case REF_getField:          return lookup.findGetter(       defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
-        case REF_getStatic:         return lookup.findStaticGetter( defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
-        case REF_putField:          return lookup.findSetter(       defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
-        case REF_putStatic:         return lookup.findStaticSetter( defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
-        case REF_invokeVirtual:     return lookup.findVirtual(      defc, name, (MethodType) type );
-        case REF_invokeStatic:      return lookup.findStatic(       defc, name, (MethodType) type );
-        case REF_invokeSpecial:     return lookup.findSpecial(      defc, name, (MethodType) type, callerClass );
-        case REF_newInvokeSpecial:  return lookup.findConstructor(  defc,       (MethodType) type );
-        case REF_invokeInterface:   return lookup.findVirtual(      defc, name, (MethodType) type );
+        try {
+            Lookup lookup = IMPL_LOOKUP.in(callerClass);
+            switch (refKind) {
+            case REF_getField:          return lookup.findGetter(       defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
+            case REF_getStatic:         return lookup.findStaticGetter( defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
+            case REF_putField:          return lookup.findSetter(       defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
+            case REF_putStatic:         return lookup.findStaticSetter( defc, name, (Class<?>)   type );
+            case REF_invokeVirtual:     return lookup.findVirtual(      defc, name, (MethodType) type );
+            case REF_invokeStatic:      return lookup.findStatic(       defc, name, (MethodType) type );
+            case REF_invokeSpecial:     return lookup.findSpecial(      defc, name, (MethodType) type, callerClass );
+            case REF_newInvokeSpecial:  return lookup.findConstructor(  defc,       (MethodType) type );
+            case REF_invokeInterface:   return lookup.findVirtual(      defc, name, (MethodType) type );
+            }
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("bad MethodHandle constant "+name+" : "+type);
+        } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+            Error err = new IncompatibleClassChangeError();
+            err.initCause(ex);
+            throw err;
         }
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("bad MethodHandle constant "+name+" : "+type);
     }
 }
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/SpreadGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/SpreadGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.JavaMethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandles;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
-import java.dyn.NoAccessException;
+import java.dyn.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/ToGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/ToGeneric.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@
 
 package sun.dyn;
 
-import java.dyn.JavaMethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandle;
-import java.dyn.MethodHandles;
-import java.dyn.MethodType;
-import java.dyn.NoAccessException;
+import java.dyn.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import sun.dyn.util.ValueConversions;
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/util/ValueConversions.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/dyn/util/ValueConversions.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import sun.dyn.Access;
 import sun.dyn.AdapterMethodHandle;
 import sun.dyn.MethodHandleImpl;
+import static sun.dyn.MemberName.uncaughtException;
 
 public class ValueConversions {
     private static final Access IMPL_TOKEN = Access.getToken();
@@ -148,11 +149,16 @@
         // look up the method
         String name = "unbox" + wrap.simpleName() + (raw ? "Raw" : "");
         MethodType type = unboxType(wrap, raw);
-        if (!exact)
-            // actually, type is wrong; the Java method takes Object
-            mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, name, type.erase());
-        else
+        if (!exact) {
+            try {
+                // actually, type is wrong; the Java method takes Object
+                mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, name, type.erase());
+            } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+                mh = null;
+            }
+        } else {
             mh = retype(type, unbox(wrap, !exact, raw));
+        }
         if (mh != null) {
             cache.put(wrap, mh);
             return mh;
@@ -280,10 +286,15 @@
         // look up the method
         String name = "box" + wrap.simpleName() + (raw ? "Raw" : "");
         MethodType type = boxType(wrap, raw);
-        if (exact)
-            mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, name, type);
-        else
+        if (exact) {
+            try {
+                mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, name, type);
+            } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+                mh = null;
+            }
+        } else {
             mh = retype(type.erase(), box(wrap, !exact, raw));
+        }
         if (mh != null) {
             cache.put(wrap, mh);
             return mh;
@@ -394,10 +405,15 @@
         // look up the method
         String name = "reboxRaw" + wrap.simpleName();
         MethodType type = reboxType(wrap);
-        if (exact)
-            mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, name, type);
-        else
+        if (exact) {
+            try {
+                mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, name, type);
+            } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+                mh = null;
+            }
+        } else {
             mh = retype(IDENTITY.type(), rebox(wrap, !exact));
+        }
         if (mh != null) {
             cache.put(wrap, mh);
             return mh;
@@ -474,7 +490,11 @@
                 mh = EMPTY;
                 break;
             case INT: case LONG: case FLOAT: case DOUBLE:
-                mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, "zero"+wrap.simpleName(), type);
+                try {
+                    mh = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, "zero"+wrap.simpleName(), type);
+                } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+                    mh = null;
+                }
                 break;
         }
         if (mh != null) {
@@ -549,8 +569,8 @@
             ZERO_OBJECT = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, "zeroObject", zeroObjectType);
             IGNORE = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, "ignore", ignoreType);
             EMPTY = IMPL_LOOKUP.findStatic(ValueConversions.class, "empty", ignoreType.dropParameterTypes(0, 1));
-        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
-            throw ex;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw uncaughtException(ex);
         }
     }
 
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/dyn/JavaDocExamples.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 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.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * @summary example code used in javadoc for java.dyn API
+ * @compile -XDallowTransitionalJSR292=no JavaDocExamples.java
+ * @run junit/othervm -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+EnableMethodHandles test.java.dyn.JavaDocExamples
+ */
+
+/*
+---- To run outside jtreg:
+$ $JAVA7X_HOME/bin/javac -cp $JUNIT4_JAR -d /tmp/Classes \
+   $DAVINCI/sources/jdk/test/java/dyn/JavaDocExamples.java
+$ $JAVA7X_HOME/bin/java   -cp $JUNIT4_JAR:/tmp/Classes \
+   -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+EnableMethodHandles \
+   -Dtest.java.dyn.JavaDocExamples.verbosity=1 \
+     test.java.dyn.JavaDocExamples
+----
+*/
+
+package test.java.dyn;
+
+import java.dyn.*;
+import static java.dyn.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.dyn.MethodType.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import org.junit.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assume.*;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author jrose
+ */
+public class JavaDocExamples {
+    /** Wrapper for running the JUnit tests in this module.
+     *  Put JUnit on the classpath!
+     */
+    public static void main(String... ignore) {
+        org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.runClasses(JavaDocExamples.class);
+    }
+    // How much output?
+    static int verbosity = Integer.getInteger("test.java.dyn.JavaDocExamples.verbosity", 0);
+
+{}
+static final private Lookup LOOKUP = lookup();
+// static final private MethodHandle CONCAT_1 = LOOKUP.findVirtual(String.class,
+//     "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+// static final private MethodHandle HASHCODE_1 = LOOKUP.findVirtual(Object.class,
+//     "hashCode", methodType(int.class));
+
+// form required if NoAccessException is intercepted:
+static final private MethodHandle CONCAT_2, HASHCODE_2;
+static {
+  try {
+    CONCAT_2 = LOOKUP.findVirtual(String.class,
+      "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+    HASHCODE_2 = LOOKUP.findVirtual(Object.class,
+      "hashCode", methodType(int.class));
+   } catch (NoAccessException ex) {
+     throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+   }
+}
+{}
+
+    @Test public void testFindVirtual() throws Throwable {
+{}
+MethodHandle CONCAT_3 = LOOKUP.findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+MethodHandle HASHCODE_3 = LOOKUP.findVirtual(Object.class,
+  "hashCode", methodType(int.class));
+//assertEquals("xy", (String) CONCAT_1.invokeExact("x", "y"));
+assertEquals("xy", (String) CONCAT_2.<String>invokeExact("x", "y"));
+assertEquals("xy", (String) CONCAT_3.<String>invokeExact("x", "y"));
+//assertEquals("xy".hashCode(), (int) HASHCODE_1.<int>invokeExact((Object)"xy"));
+assertEquals("xy".hashCode(), (int) HASHCODE_2.<int>invokeExact((Object)"xy"));
+assertEquals("xy".hashCode(), (int) HASHCODE_3.<int>invokeExact((Object)"xy"));
+{}
+    }
+    @Test public void testDropArguments() throws Throwable {
+        {{
+{} /// JAVADOC
+MethodHandle cat = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+cat = cat.asType(methodType(Object.class, String.class, String.class)); /*(String)*/
+assertEquals("xy", /*(String)*/ cat.invokeExact("x", "y"));
+MethodHandle d0 = dropArguments(cat, 0, String.class);
+assertEquals("yz", /*(String)*/ d0.invokeExact("x", "y", "z"));
+MethodHandle d1 = dropArguments(cat, 1, String.class);
+assertEquals("xz", /*(String)*/ d1.invokeExact("x", "y", "z"));
+MethodHandle d2 = dropArguments(cat, 2, String.class);
+assertEquals("xy", /*(String)*/ d2.invokeExact("x", "y", "z"));
+MethodHandle d12 = dropArguments(cat, 1, int.class, boolean.class);
+assertEquals("xz", /*(String)*/ d12.invokeExact("x", 12, true, "z"));
+            }}
+    }
+
+    static void assertEquals(Object exp, Object act) {
+        if (verbosity > 0)
+            System.out.println("result: "+act);
+        Assert.assertEquals(exp, act);
+    }
+}
--- a/jdk/test/java/dyn/MethodHandlesTest.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:11 2010 -0700
+++ b/jdk/test/java/dyn/MethodHandlesTest.java	Wed Sep 08 18:40:23 2010 -0700
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
         countTest(positive);
         MethodType type = MethodType.methodType(ret, params);
         MethodHandle target = null;
-        RuntimeException noAccess = null;
+        Exception noAccess = null;
         try {
             if (verbosity >= 4)  System.out.println("lookup via "+lookup+" of "+defc+" "+name+type);
             target = lookup.findStatic(defc, name, type);
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
         String methodName = name.substring(1 + name.indexOf('/'));  // foo/bar => foo
         MethodType type = MethodType.methodType(ret, params);
         MethodHandle target = null;
-        RuntimeException noAccess = null;
+        Exception noAccess = null;
         try {
             if (verbosity >= 4)  System.out.println("lookup via "+lookup+" of "+defc+" "+name+type);
             target = lookup.findVirtual(defc, methodName, type);
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
         countTest(positive);
         MethodType type = MethodType.methodType(ret, params);
         MethodHandle target = null;
-        RuntimeException noAccess = null;
+        Exception noAccess = null;
         try {
             if (verbosity >= 4)  System.out.println("lookup via "+lookup+" of "+defc+" "+name+type);
             target = lookup.findSpecial(defc, name, type, specialCaller);
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
         MethodType type = MethodType.methodType(ret, params);
         Object receiver = randomArg(defc);
         MethodHandle target = null;
-        RuntimeException noAccess = null;
+        Exception noAccess = null;
         try {
             if (verbosity >= 4)  System.out.println("lookup via "+lookup+" of "+defc+" "+name+type);
             target = lookup.bind(receiver, methodName, type);
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
         MethodType type = MethodType.methodType(ret, params);
         Method rmethod = null;
         MethodHandle target = null;
-        RuntimeException noAccess = null;
+        Exception noAccess = null;
         try {
             rmethod = defc.getDeclaredMethod(name, params);
         } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
@@ -1088,7 +1088,11 @@
             if (rtype != Object.class)
                 pfx = rtype.getSimpleName().substring(0, 1).toLowerCase();
             String name = pfx+"id";
-            return PRIVATE.findStatic(Callee.class, name, type);
+            try {
+                return PRIVATE.findStatic(Callee.class, name, type);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1818,8 +1822,13 @@
         testCastFailure("unbox/return", 11000);
     }
 
-    static class Surprise extends JavaMethodHandle {
-        Surprise() { super("value"); }
+    static class Surprise implements MethodHandleProvider {
+        public MethodHandle asMethodHandle() {
+            return VALUE.bindTo(this);
+        }
+        public MethodHandle asMethodHandle(MethodType type) {
+            return asMethodHandle().asType(type);
+        }
         Object value(Object x) {
             trace("value", x);
             if (boo != null)  return boo;
@@ -1834,22 +1843,32 @@
         static Object  refIdentity(Object x)  { trace("ref.x", x); return x; }
         static Integer boxIdentity(Integer x) { trace("box.x", x); return x; }
         static int     intIdentity(int x)     { trace("int.x", x); return x; }
-        static MethodHandle REF_IDENTITY = PRIVATE.findStatic(
-                Surprise.class, "refIdentity",
-                    MethodType.methodType(Object.class, Object.class));
-        static MethodHandle BOX_IDENTITY = PRIVATE.findStatic(
-                Surprise.class, "boxIdentity",
-                    MethodType.methodType(Integer.class, Integer.class));
-        static MethodHandle INT_IDENTITY = PRIVATE.findStatic(
-                Surprise.class, "intIdentity",
-                    MethodType.methodType(int.class, int.class));
+        static MethodHandle VALUE, REF_IDENTITY, BOX_IDENTITY, INT_IDENTITY;
+        static {
+            try {
+                VALUE = PRIVATE.findVirtual(
+                    Surprise.class, "value",
+                        MethodType.methodType(Object.class, Object.class));
+                REF_IDENTITY = PRIVATE.findStatic(
+                    Surprise.class, "refIdentity",
+                        MethodType.methodType(Object.class, Object.class));
+                BOX_IDENTITY = PRIVATE.findStatic(
+                    Surprise.class, "boxIdentity",
+                        MethodType.methodType(Integer.class, Integer.class));
+                INT_IDENTITY = PRIVATE.findStatic(
+                    Surprise.class, "intIdentity",
+                        MethodType.methodType(int.class, int.class));
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     void testCastFailure(String mode, int okCount) throws Throwable {
         countTest(false);
         if (verbosity > 2)  System.out.println("mode="+mode);
         Surprise boo = new Surprise();
-        MethodHandle identity = Surprise.REF_IDENTITY, surprise = boo;
+        MethodHandle identity = Surprise.REF_IDENTITY, surprise0 = boo.asMethodHandle(), surprise = surprise0;
         if (mode.endsWith("/return")) {
             if (mode.equals("unbox/return")) {
                 // fail on return to ((Integer)surprise).intValue
@@ -1875,7 +1894,7 @@
                 identity = MethodHandles.filterArguments(callee, identity);
             }
         }
-        assertNotSame(mode, surprise, boo);
+        assertNotSame(mode, surprise, surprise0);
         identity = MethodHandles.convertArguments(identity, MethodType.genericMethodType(1));
         surprise = MethodHandles.convertArguments(surprise, MethodType.genericMethodType(1));
         Object x = 42;