diff --git a/luni/src/test/java/libcore/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandlesTest.java b/luni/src/test/java/libcore/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandlesTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License
+ */
+
+package libcore.java.lang.invoke;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup.*;
+
+public class MethodHandlesTest extends TestCase {
+    private static final int ALL_LOOKUP_MODES = (PUBLIC | PRIVATE | PACKAGE | PROTECTED);
+
+    public void test_publicLookupClassAndModes() {
+        MethodHandles.Lookup publicLookup = MethodHandles.publicLookup();
+        assertSame(Object.class, publicLookup.lookupClass());
+        assertEquals(PUBLIC, publicLookup.lookupModes());
+    }
+
+    public void test_defaultLookupClassAndModes() {
+        MethodHandles.Lookup defaultLookup = MethodHandles.lookup();
+        assertSame(MethodHandlesTest.class, defaultLookup.lookupClass());
+        assertEquals(ALL_LOOKUP_MODES, defaultLookup.lookupModes());
+    }
+
+    public void test_LookupIn() {
+        MethodHandles.Lookup defaultLookup = MethodHandles.lookup();
+
+        // A class in the same package loses the privilege to lookup protected and private
+        // members.
+        MethodHandles.Lookup siblingLookup = defaultLookup.in(PackageSibling.class);
+        assertEquals(ALL_LOOKUP_MODES & ~(PROTECTED | PRIVATE),  siblingLookup.lookupModes());
+
+        // The new lookup isn't in the same package, so it loses all its privileges except
+        // for public.
+        MethodHandles.Lookup nonSibling = defaultLookup.in(Vector.class);
+        assertEquals(PUBLIC, nonSibling.lookupModes());
+
+        // Special case, sibling inner classes in the same parent class
+        MethodHandles.Lookup inner2 = Inner1.lookup.in(Inner2.class);
+        assertEquals(PUBLIC | PRIVATE | PACKAGE, inner2.lookupModes());
+
+        try {
+            MethodHandles.lookup().in(null);
+            fail();
+        } catch (NullPointerException expected) {
+        }
+
+        // Callers cannot change the lookup context to anything within the java.lang.invoke package.
+        try {
+            MethodHandles.lookup().in(MethodHandle.class);
+            fail();
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Inner1 {
+        public static MethodHandles.Lookup lookup = MethodHandles.lookup();
+    }
+
+    public static class Inner2 {
+    }
+}
+
+class PackageSibling {
+}
+
diff --git a/luni/src/test/java/libcore/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccessTest.java b/luni/src/test/java/libcore/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccessTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License
+ */
+
+package libcore.sun.invoke.util;
+
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import sun.invoke.util.VerifyAccess;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+
+public class VerifyAccessTest extends TestCase {
+    public void testIsClassAccessible() {
+        // Always returns false when allowedModes == 0. Note that the "modes" allowed here
+        // are different from the ones used in MethodHandles.
+        assertFalse(VerifyAccess.isClassAccessible(Inner1.class, Inner2.class, 0));
+
+        // Classes in the same package are accessible when Lookup.PACKAGE is specified.
+        assertTrue(VerifyAccess.isClassAccessible(Inner1.class, Inner2.class,
+                MethodHandles.Lookup.PACKAGE));
+        assertTrue(VerifyAccess.isClassAccessible(Inner1.class, Sibling.class,
+                MethodHandles.Lookup.PACKAGE));
+
+        // Public classes are always accessible.
+        assertTrue(VerifyAccess.isClassAccessible(String.class, Inner1.class,
+                MethodHandles.Lookup.PACKAGE));
+    }
+
+    public static class Inner1 {
+    }
+
+    public static class Inner2 {
+    }
+
+    public void testIsSamePackageMember() {
+        assertTrue(VerifyAccess.isSamePackageMember(Inner1.class, Inner2.class));
+        assertTrue(VerifyAccess.isSamePackageMember(Inner1.class, VerifyAccessTest.class));
+
+        assertFalse(VerifyAccess.isSamePackageMember(Sibling.class, Inner1.class));
+    }
+
+    public void testIsSamePackage() {
+        // Both classes are in package java.util.
+        assertTrue(VerifyAccess.isSamePackage(Vector.class, List.class));
+        // Make sure this works for inner classes.
+        assertTrue(VerifyAccess.isSamePackage(Vector.class, Locale.Builder.class));
+        // Differing packages: java.lang vs java.util.
+        assertFalse(VerifyAccess.isSamePackage(Vector.class, String.class));
+
+        try {
+            VerifyAccess.isSamePackage(String[].class, List.class);
+            fail();
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class Sibling {
+}
diff --git a/ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java b/ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 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.  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.lang.invoke;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import dalvik.system.VMStack;
+import sun.invoke.util.VerifyAccess;
+import sun.invoke.util.Wrapper;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleStatics.*;
+
+/**
+ * This class consists exclusively of static methods that operate on or return
+ * method handles. They fall into several categories:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>Lookup methods which help create method handles for methods and fields.
+ * <li>Combinator methods, which combine or transform pre-existing method handles into new ones.
+ * <li>Other factory methods to create method handles that emulate other common JVM operations or control flow patterns.
+ * </ul>
+ * <p>
+ * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+public class MethodHandles {
+
+    private MethodHandles() { }  // do not instantiate
+
+    // Android-changed: We do not use MemberName / MethodHandleImpl.
+    //
+    // private static final MemberName.Factory IMPL_NAMES = MemberName.getFactory();
+    // static { MethodHandleImpl.initStatics(); }
+    // See IMPL_LOOKUP below.
+
+    //// Method handle creation from ordinary methods.
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@link Lookup lookup object} with
+     * full capabilities to emulate all supported bytecode behaviors of the caller.
+     * These capabilities include <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#privacc">private access</a> to the caller.
+     * Factory methods on the lookup object can create
+     * <a href="MethodHandleInfo.html#directmh">direct method handles</a>
+     * for any member that the caller has access to via bytecodes,
+     * including protected and private fields and methods.
+     * This lookup object is a <em>capability</em> which may be delegated to trusted agents.
+     * Do not store it in place where untrusted code can access it.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is caller sensitive, which means that it may return different
+     * values to different callers.
+     * <p>
+     * For any given caller class {@code C}, the lookup object returned by this call
+     * has equivalent capabilities to any lookup object
+     * supplied by the JVM to the bootstrap method of an
+     * <a href="package-summary.html#indyinsn">invokedynamic instruction</a>
+     * executing in the same caller class {@code C}.
+     * @return a lookup object for the caller of this method, with private access
+     */
+    // Android-changed: Remove caller sensitive.
+    // @CallerSensitive
+    public static Lookup lookup() {
+        // Android-changed: Do not use Reflection.getCallerClass().
+        return new Lookup(VMStack.getStackClass1());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns 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 style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>Discussion:</em>
+     * The lookup class can be changed to any other class {@code C} using an expression of the form
+     * {@link Lookup#in publicLookup().in(C.class)}.
+     * Since all classes have equal access to public names,
+     * such a change would confer no new access rights.
+     * A public lookup object is always subject to
+     * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">security manager checks</a>.
+     * Also, it cannot access
+     * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#callsens">caller sensitive methods</a>.
+     * @return a lookup object which is trusted minimally
+     */
+    public static Lookup publicLookup() {
+        return Lookup.PUBLIC_LOOKUP;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs an unchecked "crack" of a
+     * <a href="MethodHandleInfo.html#directmh">direct method handle</a>.
+     * The result is as if the user had obtained a lookup object capable enough
+     * to crack the target method handle, called
+     * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#revealDirect Lookup.revealDirect}
+     * on the target to obtain its symbolic reference, and then called
+     * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleInfo#reflectAs MethodHandleInfo.reflectAs}
+     * to resolve the symbolic reference to a member.
+     * <p>
+     * If there is a security manager, its {@code checkPermission} method
+     * is called with a {@code ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")} permission.
+     * @param <T> the desired type of the result, either {@link Member} or a subtype
+     * @param target a direct method handle to crack into symbolic reference components
+     * @param expected a class object representing the desired result type {@code T}
+     * @return a reference to the method, constructor, or field object
+     * @exception SecurityException if the caller is not privileged to call {@code setAccessible}
+     * @exception NullPointerException if either argument is {@code null}
+     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the target is not a direct method handle
+     * @exception ClassCastException if the member is not of the expected type
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public static <T extends Member> T
+    reflectAs(Class<T> expected, MethodHandle target) {
+        SecurityManager smgr = System.getSecurityManager();
+        if (smgr != null)  smgr.checkPermission(ACCESS_PERMISSION);
+        Lookup lookup = Lookup.IMPL_LOOKUP;  // use maximally privileged lookup
+        return lookup.revealDirect(target).reflectAs(expected, lookup);
+    }
+    // Copied from AccessibleObject, as used by Method.setAccessible, etc.:
+    static final private java.security.Permission ACCESS_PERMISSION =
+        new ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks");
+
+    /**
+     * 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, but rather when they are created.
+     * Therefore, method handle access
+     * restrictions must be enforced when a method handle is created.
+     * The caller class against which those restrictions are enforced
+     * is known as the {@linkplain #lookupClass lookup class}.
+     * <p>
+     * A lookup class which needs to create method handles will call
+     * {@link MethodHandles#lookup MethodHandles.lookup} to create a factory for itself.
+     * When the {@code Lookup} factory object is created, the identity of the lookup class is
+     * determined, and securely stored in the {@code Lookup} object.
+     * The lookup class (or its delegates) may then use factory methods
+     * on the {@code Lookup} object to create method handles for access-checked members.
+     * This includes all methods, constructors, and fields which are allowed to the lookup class,
+     * even private ones.
+     *
+     * <h1><a name="lookups"></a>Lookup Factory Methods</h1>
+     * The factory methods on a {@code Lookup} object correspond to all major
+     * use cases for methods, constructors, and fields.
+     * Each method handle created by a factory method is the functional
+     * equivalent of a particular <em>bytecode behavior</em>.
+     * (Bytecode behaviors are described in section 5.4.3.5 of the Java Virtual Machine Specification.)
+     * Here is a summary of the correspondence between these factory methods and
+     * the behavior the resulting method handles:
+     * <table border=1 cellpadding=5 summary="lookup method behaviors">
+     * <tr>
+     *     <th><a name="equiv"></a>lookup expression</th>
+     *     <th>member</th>
+     *     <th>bytecode behavior</th>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findGetter lookup.findGetter(C.class,"f",FT.class)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code FT f;}</td><td>{@code (T) this.f;}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findStaticGetter lookup.findStaticGetter(C.class,"f",FT.class)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code static}<br>{@code FT f;}</td><td>{@code (T) C.f;}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findSetter lookup.findSetter(C.class,"f",FT.class)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code FT f;}</td><td>{@code this.f = x;}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findStaticSetter lookup.findStaticSetter(C.class,"f",FT.class)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code static}<br>{@code FT f;}</td><td>{@code C.f = arg;}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findVirtual lookup.findVirtual(C.class,"m",MT)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code T m(A*);}</td><td>{@code (T) this.m(arg*);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findStatic lookup.findStatic(C.class,"m",MT)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code static}<br>{@code T m(A*);}</td><td>{@code (T) C.m(arg*);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findSpecial lookup.findSpecial(C.class,"m",MT,this.class)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code T m(A*);}</td><td>{@code (T) super.m(arg*);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#findConstructor lookup.findConstructor(C.class,MT)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code C(A*);}</td><td>{@code new C(arg*);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflectGetter lookup.unreflectGetter(aField)}</td>
+     *     <td>({@code static})?<br>{@code FT f;}</td><td>{@code (FT) aField.get(thisOrNull);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflectSetter lookup.unreflectSetter(aField)}</td>
+     *     <td>({@code static})?<br>{@code FT f;}</td><td>{@code aField.set(thisOrNull, arg);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflect lookup.unreflect(aMethod)}</td>
+     *     <td>({@code static})?<br>{@code T m(A*);}</td><td>{@code (T) aMethod.invoke(thisOrNull, arg*);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflectConstructor lookup.unreflectConstructor(aConstructor)}</td>
+     *     <td>{@code C(A*);}</td><td>{@code (C) aConstructor.newInstance(arg*);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     *     <td>{@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflect lookup.unreflect(aMethod)}</td>
+     *     <td>({@code static})?<br>{@code T m(A*);}</td><td>{@code (T) aMethod.invoke(thisOrNull, arg*);}</td>
+     * </tr>
+     * </table>
+     *
+     * Here, the type {@code C} is the class or interface being searched for a member,
+     * documented as a parameter named {@code refc} in the lookup methods.
+     * The method type {@code MT} is composed from the return type {@code T}
+     * and the sequence of argument types {@code A*}.
+     * The constructor also has a sequence of argument types {@code A*} and
+     * is deemed to return the newly-created object of type {@code C}.
+     * Both {@code MT} and the field type {@code FT} are documented as a parameter named {@code type}.
+     * The formal parameter {@code this} stands for the self-reference of type {@code C};
+     * if it is present, it is always the leading argument to the method handle invocation.
+     * (In the case of some {@code protected} members, {@code this} may be
+     * restricted in type to the lookup class; see below.)
+     * The name {@code arg} stands for all the other method handle arguments.
+     * In the code examples for the Core Reflection API, the name {@code thisOrNull}
+     * stands for a null reference if the accessed method or field is static,
+     * and {@code this} otherwise.
+     * The names {@code aMethod}, {@code aField}, and {@code aConstructor} stand
+     * for reflective objects corresponding to the given members.
+     * <p>
+     * In cases where the given member is of variable arity (i.e., a method or constructor)
+     * the returned method handle will also be of {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity}.
+     * In all other cases, the returned method handle will be of fixed arity.
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>Discussion:</em>
+     * The equivalence between looked-up method handles and underlying
+     * class members and bytecode behaviors
+     * can break down in a few ways:
+     * <ul style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <li>If {@code C} is not symbolically accessible from the lookup class's loader,
+     * the lookup can still succeed, even when there is no equivalent
+     * Java expression or bytecoded constant.
+     * <li>Likewise, if {@code T} or {@code MT}
+     * is not symbolically accessible from the lookup class's loader,
+     * the lookup can still succeed.
+     * For example, lookups for {@code MethodHandle.invokeExact} and
+     * {@code MethodHandle.invoke} will always succeed, regardless of requested type.
+     * <li>If there is a security manager installed, it can forbid the lookup
+     * on various grounds (<a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">see below</a>).
+     * By contrast, the {@code ldc} instruction on a {@code CONSTANT_MethodHandle}
+     * constant is not subject to security manager checks.
+     * <li>If the looked-up method has a
+     * <a href="MethodHandle.html#maxarity">very large arity</a>,
+     * the method handle creation may fail, due to the method handle
+     * type having too many parameters.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * <h1><a name="access"></a>Access checking</h1>
+     * Access checks are applied in the factory methods of {@code Lookup},
+     * when a method handle is created.
+     * This is a key difference from the Core Reflection API, since
+     * {@link java.lang.reflect.Method#invoke java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke}
+     * performs access checking against every caller, on every call.
+     * <p>
+     * All access checks start from a {@code Lookup} object, which
+     * compares its recorded lookup class against all requests to
+     * create method handles.
+     * A single {@code Lookup} object can be used to create any number
+     * of access-checked method handles, all checked against a single
+     * lookup class.
+     * <p>
+     * A {@code Lookup} object can be shared with other trusted code,
+     * such as a metaobject protocol.
+     * A shared {@code Lookup} object delegates the capability
+     * to create method handles on private members of the lookup class.
+     * Even if privileged code uses the {@code Lookup} object,
+     * the access checking is confined to the privileges of the
+     * original lookup class.
+     * <p>
+     * A lookup can fail, because
+     * the containing class is not accessible to the lookup class, or
+     * because the desired class member is missing, or because the
+     * desired class member is not accessible to the lookup class, or
+     * because the lookup object is not trusted enough to access the member.
+     * In any of these cases, a {@code ReflectiveOperationException} will be
+     * thrown from the attempted lookup.  The exact class will be one of
+     * the following:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>NoSuchMethodException &mdash; if a method is requested but does not exist
+     * <li>NoSuchFieldException &mdash; if a field is requested but does not exist
+     * <li>IllegalAccessException &mdash; if the member exists but an access check fails
+     * </ul>
+     * <p>
+     * In general, the conditions under which a method handle may be
+     * looked up for a method {@code M} are no more restrictive than the conditions
+     * under which the lookup class could have compiled, verified, and resolved a call to {@code M}.
+     * Where the JVM would raise exceptions like {@code NoSuchMethodError},
+     * a method handle lookup will generally raise a corresponding
+     * checked exception, such as {@code NoSuchMethodException}.
+     * And the effect of invoking the method handle resulting from the lookup
+     * is <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#equiv">exactly equivalent</a>
+     * to executing the compiled, verified, and resolved call to {@code M}.
+     * The same point is true of fields and constructors.
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>Discussion:</em>
+     * Access checks only apply to named and reflected methods,
+     * constructors, and fields.
+     * Other method handle creation methods, such as
+     * {@link MethodHandle#asType MethodHandle.asType},
+     * do not require any access checks, and are used
+     * independently of any {@code Lookup} object.
+     * <p>
+     * If the desired member is {@code protected}, the usual JVM rules apply,
+     * including the requirement that the lookup class must be either be in the
+     * same package as the desired member, or must inherit that member.
+     * (See the Java Virtual Machine Specification, sections 4.9.2, 5.4.3.5, and 6.4.)
+     * In addition, if the desired member is a non-static field or method
+     * in a different package, the resulting method handle may only be applied
+     * to objects of the lookup class or one of its subclasses.
+     * This requirement is enforced by narrowing the type of the leading
+     * {@code this} parameter from {@code C}
+     * (which will necessarily be a superclass of the lookup class)
+     * to the lookup class itself.
+     * <p>
+     * The JVM imposes a similar requirement on {@code invokespecial} instruction,
+     * that the receiver argument must match both the resolved method <em>and</em>
+     * the current class.  Again, this requirement is enforced by narrowing the
+     * type of the leading parameter to the resulting method handle.
+     * (See the Java Virtual Machine Specification, section 4.10.1.9.)
+     * <p>
+     * The JVM represents constructors and static initializer blocks as internal methods
+     * with special names ({@code "<init>"} and {@code "<clinit>"}).
+     * The internal syntax of invocation instructions allows them to refer to such internal
+     * methods as if they were normal methods, but the JVM bytecode verifier rejects them.
+     * A lookup of such an internal method will produce a {@code NoSuchMethodException}.
+     * <p>
+     * In some cases, access between nested classes is obtained by the Java compiler by creating
+     * an wrapper method to access a private method of another class
+     * in the same top-level declaration.
+     * For example, 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},
+     * but the Java compiler may need to generate wrapper methods in
+     * those related classes.  In such cases, a {@code Lookup} object on
+     * {@code C.E} would be unable to those private members.
+     * A workaround for this limitation is the {@link Lookup#in Lookup.in} method,
+     * which can transform a lookup on {@code C.E} into one on any of those other
+     * classes, without special elevation of privilege.
+     * <p>
+     * The accesses permitted to a given lookup object may be limited,
+     * according to its set of {@link #lookupModes lookupModes},
+     * to a subset of members normally accessible to the lookup class.
+     * For example, the {@link MethodHandles#publicLookup publicLookup}
+     * method produces a lookup object which is only allowed to access
+     * public members in public classes.
+     * The caller sensitive method {@link MethodHandles#lookup lookup}
+     * produces a lookup object with full capabilities relative to
+     * its caller class, to emulate all supported bytecode behaviors.
+     * Also, the {@link Lookup#in Lookup.in} method may produce a lookup object
+     * with fewer access modes than the original lookup object.
+     *
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <a name="privacc"></a>
+     * <em>Discussion of private access:</em>
+     * We say that a lookup has <em>private access</em>
+     * if its {@linkplain #lookupModes lookup modes}
+     * include the possibility of accessing {@code private} members.
+     * As documented in the relevant methods elsewhere,
+     * only lookups with private access possess the following capabilities:
+     * <ul style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <li>access private fields, methods, and constructors of the lookup class
+     * <li>create method handles which invoke <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#callsens">caller sensitive</a> methods,
+     *     such as {@code Class.forName}
+     * <li>create method handles which {@link Lookup#findSpecial emulate invokespecial} instructions
+     * <li>avoid <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">package access checks</a>
+     *     for classes accessible to the lookup class
+     * <li>create {@link Lookup#in delegated lookup objects} which have private access to other classes
+     *     within the same package member
+     * </ul>
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * Each of these permissions is a consequence of the fact that a lookup object
+     * with private access can be securely traced back to an originating class,
+     * whose <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#equiv">bytecode behaviors</a> and Java language access permissions
+     * can be reliably determined and emulated by method handles.
+     *
+     * <h1><a name="secmgr"></a>Security manager interactions</h1>
+     * Although bytecode instructions can only refer to classes in
+     * a related class loader, this API can search for methods in any
+     * class, as long as a reference to its {@code Class} object is
+     * available.  Such cross-loader references are also possible with the
+     * Core Reflection API, and are impossible to bytecode instructions
+     * such as {@code invokestatic} or {@code getfield}.
+     * There is a {@linkplain java.lang.SecurityManager security manager API}
+     * to allow applications to check such cross-loader references.
+     * These checks apply to both the {@code MethodHandles.Lookup} API
+     * and the Core Reflection API
+     * (as found on {@link java.lang.Class Class}).
+     * <p>
+     * If a security manager is present, member lookups are subject to
+     * additional checks.
+     * From one to three calls are made to the security manager.
+     * Any of these calls can refuse access by throwing a
+     * {@link java.lang.SecurityException SecurityException}.
+     * Define {@code smgr} as the security manager,
+     * {@code lookc} as the lookup class of the current lookup object,
+     * {@code refc} as the containing class in which the member
+     * is being sought, and {@code defc} as the class in which the
+     * member is actually defined.
+     * The value {@code lookc} is defined as <em>not present</em>
+     * if the current lookup object does not have
+     * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#privacc">private access</a>.
+     * The calls are made according to the following rules:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li><b>Step 1:</b>
+     *     If {@code lookc} is not present, or if its class loader is not
+     *     the same as or an ancestor of the class loader of {@code refc},
+     *     then {@link SecurityManager#checkPackageAccess
+     *     smgr.checkPackageAccess(refcPkg)} is called,
+     *     where {@code refcPkg} is the package of {@code refc}.
+     * <li><b>Step 2:</b>
+     *     If the retrieved member is not public and
+     *     {@code lookc} is not present, then
+     *     {@link SecurityManager#checkPermission smgr.checkPermission}
+     *     with {@code RuntimePermission("accessDeclaredMembers")} is called.
+     * <li><b>Step 3:</b>
+     *     If the retrieved member is not public,
+     *     and if {@code lookc} is not present,
+     *     and if {@code defc} and {@code refc} are different,
+     *     then {@link SecurityManager#checkPackageAccess
+     *     smgr.checkPackageAccess(defcPkg)} is called,
+     *     where {@code defcPkg} is the package of {@code defc}.
+     * </ul>
+     * Security checks are performed after other access checks have passed.
+     * Therefore, the above rules presuppose a member that is public,
+     * or else that is being accessed from a lookup class that has
+     * rights to access the member.
+     *
+     * <h1><a name="callsens"></a>Caller sensitive methods</h1>
+     * A small number of Java methods have a special property called caller sensitivity.
+     * A <em>caller-sensitive</em> method can behave differently depending on the
+     * identity of its immediate caller.
+     * <p>
+     * If a method handle for a caller-sensitive method is requested,
+     * the general rules for <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#equiv">bytecode behaviors</a> apply,
+     * but they take account of the lookup class in a special way.
+     * The resulting method handle behaves as if it were called
+     * from an instruction contained in the lookup class,
+     * so that the caller-sensitive method detects the lookup class.
+     * (By contrast, the invoker of the method handle is disregarded.)
+     * Thus, in the case of caller-sensitive methods,
+     * different lookup classes may give rise to
+     * differently behaving method handles.
+     * <p>
+     * In cases where the lookup object is
+     * {@link MethodHandles#publicLookup() publicLookup()},
+     * or some other lookup object without
+     * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#privacc">private access</a>,
+     * the lookup class is disregarded.
+     * In such cases, no caller-sensitive method handle can be created,
+     * access is forbidden, and the lookup fails with an
+     * {@code IllegalAccessException}.
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>Discussion:</em>
+     * For example, the caller-sensitive method
+     * {@link java.lang.Class#forName(String) Class.forName(x)}
+     * can return varying classes or throw varying exceptions,
+     * depending on the class loader of the class that calls it.
+     * A public lookup of {@code Class.forName} will fail, because
+     * there is no reasonable way to determine its bytecode behavior.
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * If an application caches method handles for broad sharing,
+     * it should use {@code publicLookup()} to create them.
+     * If there is a lookup of {@code Class.forName}, it will fail,
+     * and the application must take appropriate action in that case.
+     * It may be that a later lookup, perhaps during the invocation of a
+     * bootstrap method, can incorporate the specific identity
+     * of the caller, making the method accessible.
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * The function {@code MethodHandles.lookup} is caller sensitive
+     * so that there can be a secure foundation for lookups.
+     * Nearly all other methods in the JSR 292 API rely on lookup
+     * objects to check access requests.
+     */
+    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.). */
+        private final int allowedModes;
+
+        /** A single-bit mask representing {@code public} access,
+         *  which may contribute to the result of {@link #lookupModes lookupModes}.
+         *  The value, {@code 0x01}, happens to be the same as the value of the
+         *  {@code public} {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Modifier#PUBLIC modifier bit}.
+         */
+        public static final int PUBLIC = Modifier.PUBLIC;
+
+        /** A single-bit mask representing {@code private} access,
+         *  which may contribute to the result of {@link #lookupModes lookupModes}.
+         *  The value, {@code 0x02}, happens to be the same as the value of the
+         *  {@code private} {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Modifier#PRIVATE modifier bit}.
+         */
+        public static final int PRIVATE = Modifier.PRIVATE;
+
+        /** A single-bit mask representing {@code protected} access,
+         *  which may contribute to the result of {@link #lookupModes lookupModes}.
+         *  The value, {@code 0x04}, happens to be the same as the value of the
+         *  {@code protected} {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Modifier#PROTECTED modifier bit}.
+         */
+        public static final int PROTECTED = Modifier.PROTECTED;
+
+        /** A single-bit mask representing {@code package} access (default access),
+         *  which may contribute to the result of {@link #lookupModes lookupModes}.
+         *  The value is {@code 0x08}, which does not correspond meaningfully to
+         *  any particular {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Modifier modifier bit}.
+         */
+        public static final int PACKAGE = Modifier.STATIC;
+
+        private static final int ALL_MODES = (PUBLIC | PRIVATE | PROTECTED | PACKAGE);
+        private static final int TRUSTED   = -1;
+
+        private static int fixmods(int mods) {
+            mods &= (ALL_MODES - PACKAGE);
+            return (mods != 0) ? mods : PACKAGE;
+        }
+
+        /** Tells which class is performing the lookup.  It is this class against
+         *  which checks are performed for visibility and access permissions.
+         *  <p>
+         *  The class implies a maximum level of access permission,
+         *  but the permissions may be additionally limited by the bitmask
+         *  {@link #lookupModes lookupModes}, which controls whether non-public members
+         *  can be accessed.
+         *  @return the lookup class, on behalf of which this lookup object finds members
+         */
+        public Class<?> lookupClass() {
+            return lookupClass;
+        }
+
+        // This is just for calling out to MethodHandleImpl.
+        private Class<?> lookupClassOrNull() {
+            return (allowedModes == TRUSTED) ? null : lookupClass;
+        }
+
+        /** Tells which access-protection classes of members this lookup object can produce.
+         *  The result is a bit-mask of the bits
+         *  {@linkplain #PUBLIC PUBLIC (0x01)},
+         *  {@linkplain #PRIVATE PRIVATE (0x02)},
+         *  {@linkplain #PROTECTED PROTECTED (0x04)},
+         *  and {@linkplain #PACKAGE PACKAGE (0x08)}.
+         *  <p>
+         *  A freshly-created lookup object
+         *  on the {@linkplain java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#lookup() caller's class}
+         *  has all possible bits set, since the caller class can access all its own members.
+         *  A lookup object on a new lookup class
+         *  {@linkplain java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#in created from a previous lookup object}
+         *  may have some mode bits set to zero.
+         *  The purpose of this is to restrict access via the new lookup object,
+         *  so that it can access only names which can be reached by the original
+         *  lookup object, and also by the new lookup class.
+         *  @return the lookup modes, which limit the kinds of access performed by this lookup object
+         */
+        public int lookupModes() {
+            return allowedModes & ALL_MODES;
+        }
+
+        /** Embody the current class (the lookupClass) as a lookup class
+         * for method handle creation.
+         * Must be called by from a method in this package,
+         * which in turn is called by a method not in this package.
+         */
+        Lookup(Class<?> lookupClass) {
+            this(lookupClass, ALL_MODES);
+            // make sure we haven't accidentally picked up a privileged class:
+            checkUnprivilegedlookupClass(lookupClass, ALL_MODES);
+        }
+
+        private Lookup(Class<?> lookupClass, int allowedModes) {
+            this.lookupClass = lookupClass;
+            this.allowedModes = allowedModes;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates a lookup on the specified new lookup class.
+         * The resulting object will report the specified
+         * class as its own {@link #lookupClass lookupClass}.
+         * <p>
+         * However, the resulting {@code Lookup} object is guaranteed
+         * to have no more access capabilities than the original.
+         * In particular, access capabilities can be lost as follows:<ul>
+         * <li>If the new lookup class differs from the old one,
+         * protected members will not be accessible by virtue of inheritance.
+         * (Protected members may continue to be accessible because of package sharing.)
+         * <li>If the new lookup class is in a different package
+         * than the old one, protected and default (package) members will not be accessible.
+         * <li>If the new lookup class is not within the same package member
+         * as the old one, private members will not be accessible.
+         * <li>If the new lookup class is not accessible to the old lookup class,
+         * then no members, not even public members, will be accessible.
+         * (In all other cases, public members will continue to be accessible.)
+         * </ul>
+         *
+         * @param requestedLookupClass the desired lookup class for the new lookup object
+         * @return a lookup object which reports the desired lookup class
+         * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+         */
+        public Lookup in(Class<?> requestedLookupClass) {
+            requestedLookupClass.getClass();  // null check
+            if (allowedModes == TRUSTED)  // IMPL_LOOKUP can make any lookup at all
+                return new Lookup(requestedLookupClass, ALL_MODES);
+            if (requestedLookupClass == this.lookupClass)
+                return this;  // keep same capabilities
+            int newModes = (allowedModes & (ALL_MODES & ~PROTECTED));
+            if ((newModes & PACKAGE) != 0
+                && !VerifyAccess.isSamePackage(this.lookupClass, requestedLookupClass)) {
+                newModes &= ~(PACKAGE|PRIVATE);
+            }
+            // Allow nestmate lookups to be created without special privilege:
+            if ((newModes & PRIVATE) != 0
+                && !VerifyAccess.isSamePackageMember(this.lookupClass, requestedLookupClass)) {
+                newModes &= ~PRIVATE;
+            }
+            if ((newModes & PUBLIC) != 0
+                && !VerifyAccess.isClassAccessible(requestedLookupClass, this.lookupClass, allowedModes)) {
+                // The requested class it not accessible from the lookup class.
+                // No permissions.
+                newModes = 0;
+            }
+            checkUnprivilegedlookupClass(requestedLookupClass, newModes);
+            return new Lookup(requestedLookupClass, newModes);
+        }
+
+        // Make sure outer class is initialized first.
+        //
+        // Android-changed: Removed unnecessary reference to IMPL_NAMES.
+        // static { IMPL_NAMES.getClass(); }
+
+        /** Version of lookup which is trusted minimally.
+         *  It can only be used to create method handles to
+         *  publicly accessible members.
+         */
+        static final Lookup PUBLIC_LOOKUP = new Lookup(Object.class, PUBLIC);
+
+        /** Package-private version of lookup which is trusted. */
+        static final Lookup IMPL_LOOKUP = new Lookup(Object.class, TRUSTED);
+
+        private static void checkUnprivilegedlookupClass(Class<?> lookupClass, int allowedModes) {
+            String name = lookupClass.getName();
+            if (name.startsWith("java.lang.invoke."))
+                throw newIllegalArgumentException("illegal lookupClass: "+lookupClass);
+
+            // For caller-sensitive MethodHandles.lookup()
+            // disallow lookup more restricted packages
+            //
+            // Android-changed: The bootstrap classloader isn't null.
+            if (allowedModes == ALL_MODES &&
+                    lookupClass.getClassLoader() == Object.class.getClassLoader()) {
+                if (name.startsWith("java.") ||
+                        (name.startsWith("sun.") && !name.startsWith("sun.invoke."))) {
+                    throw newIllegalArgumentException("illegal lookupClass: " + lookupClass);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Displays the name of the class from which lookups are to be made.
+         * (The name is the one reported by {@link java.lang.Class#getName() Class.getName}.)
+         * If there are restrictions on the access permitted to this lookup,
+         * this is indicated by adding a suffix to the class name, consisting
+         * of a slash and a keyword.  The keyword represents the strongest
+         * allowed access, and is chosen as follows:
+         * <ul>
+         * <li>If no access is allowed, the suffix is "/noaccess".
+         * <li>If only public access is allowed, the suffix is "/public".
+         * <li>If only public and package access are allowed, the suffix is "/package".
+         * <li>If only public, package, and private access are allowed, the suffix is "/private".
+         * </ul>
+         * If none of the above cases apply, it is the case that full
+         * access (public, package, private, and protected) is allowed.
+         * In this case, no suffix is added.
+         * This is true only of an object obtained originally from
+         * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#lookup MethodHandles.lookup}.
+         * Objects created by {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup#in Lookup.in}
+         * always have restricted access, and will display a suffix.
+         * <p>
+         * (It may seem strange that protected access should be
+         * stronger than private access.  Viewed independently from
+         * package access, protected access is the first to be lost,
+         * because it requires a direct subclass relationship between
+         * caller and callee.)
+         * @see #in
+         */
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            String cname = lookupClass.getName();
+            switch (allowedModes) {
+            case 0:  // no privileges
+                return cname + "/noaccess";
+            case PUBLIC:
+                return cname + "/public";
+            case PUBLIC|PACKAGE:
+                return cname + "/package";
+            case ALL_MODES & ~PROTECTED:
+                return cname + "/private";
+            case ALL_MODES:
+                return cname;
+            case TRUSTED:
+                return "/trusted";  // internal only; not exported
+            default:  // Should not happen, but it's a bitfield...
+                cname = cname + "/" + Integer.toHexString(allowedModes);
+                assert(false) : cname;
+                return cname;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle for a static method.
+         * The type of the method handle will be that of the method.
+         * (Since static methods do not take receivers, there is no
+         * additional receiver argument inserted into the method handle type,
+         * as there would be with {@link #findVirtual findVirtual} or {@link #findSpecial findSpecial}.)
+         * The method and all its argument types must be accessible to the lookup object.
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the method's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set.
+         * <p>
+         * If the returned method handle is invoked, the method's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * <p><b>Example:</b>
+         * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle MH_asList = publicLookup().findStatic(Arrays.class,
+  "asList", methodType(List.class, Object[].class));
+assertEquals("[x, y]", MH_asList.invoke("x", "y").toString());
+         * }</pre></blockquote>
+         * @param refc the class from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the name of the method
+         * @param type the type of the method
+         * @return the desired method handle
+         * @throws NoSuchMethodException if the method does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails,
+         *                                or if the method is not {@code static},
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public
+        MethodHandle findStatic(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findStatic is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle for a virtual method.
+         * The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
+         * with the receiver type (usually {@code refc}) prepended.
+         * The method and all its argument types must be accessible to the lookup object.
+         * <p>
+         * When called, the handle will treat the first argument as a receiver
+         * and dispatch on the receiver's type to determine which method
+         * implementation to enter.
+         * (The dispatching action is identical with that performed by an
+         * {@code invokevirtual} or {@code invokeinterface} instruction.)
+         * <p>
+         * The first argument will be of type {@code refc} if the lookup
+         * class has full privileges to access the member.  Otherwise
+         * the member must be {@code protected} and the first argument
+         * will be restricted in type to the lookup class.
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the method's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set.
+         * <p>
+         * Because of the general <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#equiv">equivalence</a> between {@code invokevirtual}
+         * instructions and method handles produced by {@code findVirtual},
+         * if the class is {@code MethodHandle} and the name string is
+         * {@code invokeExact} or {@code invoke}, the resulting
+         * method handle is equivalent to one produced by
+         * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#exactInvoker MethodHandles.exactInvoker} or
+         * {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#invoker MethodHandles.invoker}
+         * with the same {@code type} argument.
+         *
+         * <b>Example:</b>
+         * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle MH_concat = publicLookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+MethodHandle MH_hashCode = publicLookup().findVirtual(Object.class,
+  "hashCode", methodType(int.class));
+MethodHandle MH_hashCode_String = publicLookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "hashCode", methodType(int.class));
+assertEquals("xy", (String) MH_concat.invokeExact("x", "y"));
+assertEquals("xy".hashCode(), (int) MH_hashCode.invokeExact((Object)"xy"));
+assertEquals("xy".hashCode(), (int) MH_hashCode_String.invokeExact("xy"));
+// interface method:
+MethodHandle MH_subSequence = publicLookup().findVirtual(CharSequence.class,
+  "subSequence", methodType(CharSequence.class, int.class, int.class));
+assertEquals("def", MH_subSequence.invoke("abcdefghi", 3, 6).toString());
+// constructor "internal method" must be accessed differently:
+MethodType MT_newString = methodType(void.class); //()V for new String()
+try { assertEquals("impossible", lookup()
+        .findVirtual(String.class, "<init>", MT_newString));
+ } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) { } // OK
+MethodHandle MH_newString = publicLookup()
+  .findConstructor(String.class, MT_newString);
+assertEquals("", (String) MH_newString.invokeExact());
+         * }</pre></blockquote>
+         *
+         * @param refc the class or interface from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the name of the method
+         * @param type the type of the method, with the receiver argument omitted
+         * @return the desired method handle
+         * @throws NoSuchMethodException if the method does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails,
+         *                                or if the method is {@code static}
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle findVirtual(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findVirtual is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle which creates an object and initializes it, using
+         * the constructor of the specified type.
+         * The parameter types of the method handle will be those of the constructor,
+         * while the return type will be a reference to the constructor's class.
+         * The constructor and all its argument types must be accessible to the lookup object.
+         * <p>
+         * The requested type must have a return type of {@code void}.
+         * (This is consistent with the JVM's treatment of constructor type descriptors.)
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the constructor's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set.
+         * <p>
+         * If the returned method handle is invoked, the constructor's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * <p><b>Example:</b>
+         * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle MH_newArrayList = publicLookup().findConstructor(
+  ArrayList.class, methodType(void.class, Collection.class));
+Collection orig = Arrays.asList("x", "y");
+Collection copy = (ArrayList) MH_newArrayList.invokeExact(orig);
+assert(orig != copy);
+assertEquals(orig, copy);
+// a variable-arity constructor:
+MethodHandle MH_newProcessBuilder = publicLookup().findConstructor(
+  ProcessBuilder.class, methodType(void.class, String[].class));
+ProcessBuilder pb = (ProcessBuilder)
+  MH_newProcessBuilder.invoke("x", "y", "z");
+assertEquals("[x, y, z]", pb.command().toString());
+         * }</pre></blockquote>
+         * @param refc the class or interface from which the method is accessed
+         * @param type the type of the method, with the receiver argument omitted, and a void return type
+         * @return the desired method handle
+         * @throws NoSuchMethodException if the constructor does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle findConstructor(Class<?> refc, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findConstructor is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces an early-bound method handle for a virtual method.
+         * It will bypass checks for overriding methods on the receiver,
+         * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#equiv">as if called</a> from an {@code invokespecial}
+         * instruction from within the explicitly specified {@code specialCaller}.
+         * The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
+         * with a suitably restricted receiver type prepended.
+         * (The receiver type will be {@code specialCaller} or a subtype.)
+         * The method and all its argument types must be accessible
+         * to the lookup object.
+         * <p>
+         * Before method resolution,
+         * if the explicitly specified caller class is not identical with the
+         * lookup class, or if this lookup object does not have
+         * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#privacc">private access</a>
+         * privileges, the access fails.
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the method's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set.
+         * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+         * <em>(Note:  JVM internal methods named {@code "<init>"} are not visible to this API,
+         * even though the {@code invokespecial} instruction can refer to them
+         * in special circumstances.  Use {@link #findConstructor findConstructor}
+         * to access instance initialization methods in a safe manner.)</em>
+         * <p><b>Example:</b>
+         * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+static class Listie extends ArrayList {
+  public String toString() { return "[wee Listie]"; }
+  static Lookup lookup() { return MethodHandles.lookup(); }
+}
+...
+// no access to constructor via invokeSpecial:
+MethodHandle MH_newListie = Listie.lookup()
+  .findConstructor(Listie.class, methodType(void.class));
+Listie l = (Listie) MH_newListie.invokeExact();
+try { assertEquals("impossible", Listie.lookup().findSpecial(
+        Listie.class, "<init>", methodType(void.class), Listie.class));
+ } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) { } // OK
+// access to super and self methods via invokeSpecial:
+MethodHandle MH_super = Listie.lookup().findSpecial(
+  ArrayList.class, "toString" , methodType(String.class), Listie.class);
+MethodHandle MH_this = Listie.lookup().findSpecial(
+  Listie.class, "toString" , methodType(String.class), Listie.class);
+MethodHandle MH_duper = Listie.lookup().findSpecial(
+  Object.class, "toString" , methodType(String.class), Listie.class);
+assertEquals("[]", (String) MH_super.invokeExact(l));
+assertEquals(""+l, (String) MH_this.invokeExact(l));
+assertEquals("[]", (String) MH_duper.invokeExact(l)); // ArrayList method
+try { assertEquals("inaccessible", Listie.lookup().findSpecial(
+        String.class, "toString", methodType(String.class), Listie.class));
+ } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) { } // OK
+Listie subl = new Listie() { public String toString() { return "[subclass]"; } };
+assertEquals(""+l, (String) MH_this.invokeExact(subl)); // Listie method
+         * }</pre></blockquote>
+         *
+         * @param refc the class or interface from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the name of the method (which must not be "&lt;init&gt;")
+         * @param type the type of the method, with the receiver argument omitted
+         * @param specialCaller the proposed calling class to perform the {@code invokespecial}
+         * @return the desired method handle
+         * @throws NoSuchMethodException if the method does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle findSpecial(Class<?> refc, String name, MethodType type,
+                                        Class<?> specialCaller) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findSpecial is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle giving read access to a non-static field.
+         * The type of the method handle will have a return type of the field's
+         * value type.
+         * The method handle's single argument will be the instance containing
+         * the field.
+         * Access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * @param refc the class or interface from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the field's name
+         * @param type the field's type
+         * @return a method handle which can load values from the field
+         * @throws NoSuchFieldException if the field does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails, or if the field is {@code static}
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle findGetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findGetter is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle giving write access to a non-static field.
+         * The type of the method handle will have a void return type.
+         * The method handle will take two arguments, the instance containing
+         * the field, and the value to be stored.
+         * The second argument will be of the field's value type.
+         * Access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * @param refc the class or interface from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the field's name
+         * @param type the field's type
+         * @return a method handle which can store values into the field
+         * @throws NoSuchFieldException if the field does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails, or if the field is {@code static}
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle findSetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findSetter is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle giving read access to a static field.
+         * The type of the method handle will have a return type of the field's
+         * value type.
+         * The method handle will take no arguments.
+         * Access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * <p>
+         * If the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * @param refc the class or interface from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the field's name
+         * @param type the field's type
+         * @return a method handle which can load values from the field
+         * @throws NoSuchFieldException if the field does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails, or if the field is not {@code static}
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle findStaticGetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findStaticGetter is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle giving write access to a static field.
+         * The type of the method handle will have a void return type.
+         * The method handle will take a single
+         * argument, of the field's value type, the value to be stored.
+         * Access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * <p>
+         * If the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * @param refc the class or interface from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the field's name
+         * @param type the field's type
+         * @return a method handle which can store values into the field
+         * @throws NoSuchFieldException if the field does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails, or if the field is not {@code static}
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle findStaticSetter(Class<?> refc, String name, Class<?> type) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.findStaticSetter is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces an early-bound method handle for a non-static method.
+         * The receiver must have a supertype {@code defc} in which a method
+         * of the given name and type is accessible to the lookup class.
+         * The method and all its argument types must be accessible to the lookup object.
+         * The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
+         * without any insertion of an additional receiver parameter.
+         * The given receiver will be bound into the method handle,
+         * so that every call to the method handle will invoke the
+         * requested method on the given receiver.
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the method's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set
+         * <em>and</em> the trailing array argument is not the only argument.
+         * (If the trailing array argument is the only argument,
+         * the given receiver value will be bound to it.)
+         * <p>
+         * This is equivalent to the following code:
+         * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle mh0 = lookup().findVirtual(defc, name, type);
+MethodHandle mh1 = mh0.bindTo(receiver);
+MethodType mt1 = mh1.type();
+if (mh0.isVarargsCollector())
+  mh1 = mh1.asVarargsCollector(mt1.parameterType(mt1.parameterCount()-1));
+return mh1;
+         * }</pre></blockquote>
+         * where {@code defc} is either {@code receiver.getClass()} or a super
+         * type of that class, in which the requested method is accessible
+         * to the lookup class.
+         * (Note that {@code bindTo} does not preserve variable arity.)
+         * @param receiver the object from which the method is accessed
+         * @param name the name of the method
+         * @param type the type of the method, with the receiver argument omitted
+         * @return the desired method handle
+         * @throws NoSuchMethodException if the method does not exist
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         * @see MethodHandle#bindTo
+         * @see #findVirtual
+         */
+        public MethodHandle bind(Object receiver, String name, MethodType type) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.bind is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Makes a <a href="MethodHandleInfo.html#directmh">direct method handle</a>
+         * to <i>m</i>, if the lookup class has permission.
+         * If <i>m</i> is non-static, the receiver argument is treated as an initial argument.
+         * If <i>m</i> is virtual, overriding is respected on every call.
+         * Unlike the Core Reflection API, exceptions are <em>not</em> wrapped.
+         * The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
+         * with the receiver type prepended (but only if it is non-static).
+         * If the method's {@code accessible} flag is not set,
+         * access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * If <i>m</i> is not public, do not share the resulting handle with untrusted parties.
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the method's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set.
+         * <p>
+         * If <i>m</i> is static, and
+         * if the returned method handle is invoked, the method's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * @param m the reflected method
+         * @return a method handle which can invoke the reflected method
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle unreflect(Method m) throws IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.unreflect is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle for a reflected method.
+         * It will bypass checks for overriding methods on the receiver,
+         * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#equiv">as if called</a> from an {@code invokespecial}
+         * instruction from within the explicitly specified {@code specialCaller}.
+         * The type of the method handle will be that of the method,
+         * with a suitably restricted receiver type prepended.
+         * (The receiver type will be {@code specialCaller} or a subtype.)
+         * If the method's {@code accessible} flag is not set,
+         * access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class,
+         * as if {@code invokespecial} instruction were being linked.
+         * <p>
+         * Before method resolution,
+         * if the explicitly specified caller class is not identical with the
+         * lookup class, or if this lookup object does not have
+         * <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#privacc">private access</a>
+         * privileges, the access fails.
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the method's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set.
+         * @param m the reflected method
+         * @param specialCaller the class nominally calling the method
+         * @return a method handle which can invoke the reflected method
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle unreflectSpecial(Method m, Class<?> specialCaller) throws IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.unreflectSpecial is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle for a reflected constructor.
+         * The type of the method handle will be that of the constructor,
+         * with the return type changed to the declaring class.
+         * The method handle will perform a {@code newInstance} operation,
+         * creating a new instance of the constructor's class on the
+         * arguments passed to the method handle.
+         * <p>
+         * If the constructor's {@code accessible} flag is not set,
+         * access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * <p>
+         * The returned method handle will have
+         * {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity} if and only if
+         * the constructor's variable arity modifier bit ({@code 0x0080}) is set.
+         * <p>
+         * If the returned method handle is invoked, the constructor's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * @param c the reflected constructor
+         * @return a method handle which can invoke the reflected constructor
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         *                                or if the method's variable arity modifier bit
+         *                                is set and {@code asVarargsCollector} fails
+         * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle unreflectConstructor(Constructor<?> c) throws IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.unreflectConstructor is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle giving read access to a reflected field.
+         * The type of the method handle will have a return type of the field's
+         * value type.
+         * If the field is static, the method handle will take no arguments.
+         * Otherwise, its single argument will be the instance containing
+         * the field.
+         * If the field's {@code accessible} flag is not set,
+         * access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * <p>
+         * If the field is static, and
+         * if the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * @param f the reflected field
+         * @return a method handle which can load values from the reflected field
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle unreflectGetter(Field f) throws IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.unreflectGetter is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Produces a method handle giving write access to a reflected field.
+         * The type of the method handle will have a void return type.
+         * If the field is static, the method handle will take a single
+         * argument, of the field's value type, the value to be stored.
+         * Otherwise, the two arguments will be the instance containing
+         * the field, and the value to be stored.
+         * If the field's {@code accessible} flag is not set,
+         * access checking is performed immediately on behalf of the lookup class.
+         * <p>
+         * If the field is static, and
+         * if the returned method handle is invoked, the field's class will
+         * be initialized, if it has not already been initialized.
+         * @param f the reflected field
+         * @return a method handle which can store values into the reflected field
+         * @throws IllegalAccessException if access checking fails
+         * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+         */
+        public MethodHandle unreflectSetter(Field f) throws IllegalAccessException {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.unreflectSetter is not implemented");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Cracks a <a href="MethodHandleInfo.html#directmh">direct method handle</a>
+         * created by this lookup object or a similar one.
+         * Security and access checks are performed to ensure that this lookup object
+         * is capable of reproducing the target method handle.
+         * This means that the cracking may fail if target is a direct method handle
+         * but was created by an unrelated lookup object.
+         * This can happen if the method handle is <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#callsens">caller sensitive</a>
+         * and was created by a lookup object for a different class.
+         * @param target a direct method handle to crack into symbolic reference components
+         * @return a symbolic reference which can be used to reconstruct this method handle from this lookup object
+         * @exception SecurityException if a security manager is present and it
+         *                              <a href="MethodHandles.Lookup.html#secmgr">refuses access</a>
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the target is not a direct method handle or if access checking fails
+         * @exception NullPointerException if the target is {@code null}
+         * @see MethodHandleInfo
+         * @since 1.8
+         */
+        public MethodHandleInfo revealDirect(MethodHandle target) {
+            // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+            //
+            // Notes: Only works for direct method handles. Must check access.
+            //
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.Lookup.revealDirect is not implemented");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle giving read access to elements of an array.
+     * The type of the method handle will have a return type of the array's
+     * element type.  Its first argument will be the array type,
+     * and the second will be {@code int}.
+     * @param arrayClass an array type
+     * @return a method handle which can load values from the given array type
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException if arrayClass is not an array type
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle arrayElementGetter(Class<?> arrayClass) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.makeArrayElementAccessor(arrayClass, false);
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.arrayElementGetter is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle giving write access to elements of an array.
+     * The type of the method handle will have a void return type.
+     * Its last argument will be the array's element type.
+     * The first and second arguments will be the array type and int.
+     * @param arrayClass the class of an array
+     * @return a method handle which can store values into the array type
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if arrayClass is not an array type
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle arrayElementSetter(Class<?> arrayClass) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.makeArrayElementAccessor(arrayClass, true);
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.arrayElementSetter is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    /// method handle invocation (reflective style)
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle which will invoke any method handle of the
+     * given {@code type}, with a given number of trailing arguments replaced by
+     * a single trailing {@code Object[]} array.
+     * The resulting invoker will be a method handle with the following
+     * arguments:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>a single {@code MethodHandle} target
+     * <li>zero or more leading values (counted by {@code leadingArgCount})
+     * <li>an {@code Object[]} array containing trailing arguments
+     * </ul>
+     * <p>
+     * The invoker will invoke its target like a call to {@link MethodHandle#invoke invoke} with
+     * the indicated {@code type}.
+     * That is, if the target is exactly of the given {@code type}, it will behave
+     * like {@code invokeExact}; otherwise it behave as if {@link MethodHandle#asType asType}
+     * is used to convert the target to the required {@code type}.
+     * <p>
+     * The type of the returned invoker will not be the given {@code type}, but rather
+     * will have all parameters except the first {@code leadingArgCount}
+     * replaced by a single array of type {@code Object[]}, which will be
+     * the final parameter.
+     * <p>
+     * Before invoking its target, the invoker will spread the final array, apply
+     * reference casts as necessary, and unbox and widen primitive arguments.
+     * If, when the invoker is called, the supplied array argument does
+     * not have the correct number of elements, the invoker will throw
+     * an {@link IllegalArgumentException} instead of invoking the target.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is equivalent to the following code (though it may be more efficient):
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+MethodHandle invoker = MethodHandles.invoker(type);
+int spreadArgCount = type.parameterCount() - leadingArgCount;
+invoker = invoker.asSpreader(Object[].class, spreadArgCount);
+return invoker;
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * This method throws no reflective or security exceptions.
+     * @param type the desired target type
+     * @param leadingArgCount number of fixed arguments, to be passed unchanged to the target
+     * @return a method handle suitable for invoking any method handle of the given type
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code type} is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code leadingArgCount} is not in
+     *                  the range from 0 to {@code type.parameterCount()} inclusive,
+     *                  or if the resulting method handle's type would have
+     *          <a href="MethodHandle.html#maxarity">too many parameters</a>
+     */
+    static public
+    MethodHandle spreadInvoker(MethodType type, int leadingArgCount) {
+        if (leadingArgCount < 0 || leadingArgCount > type.parameterCount())
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("bad argument count", leadingArgCount);
+        type = type.asSpreaderType(Object[].class, type.parameterCount() - leadingArgCount);
+        // return type.invokers().spreadInvoker(leadingArgCount);
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.spreadInvoker is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a special <em>invoker method handle</em> which can be used to
+     * invoke any method handle of the given type, as if by {@link MethodHandle#invokeExact invokeExact}.
+     * The resulting invoker will have a type which is
+     * exactly equal to the desired type, except that it will accept
+     * an additional leading argument of type {@code MethodHandle}.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is equivalent to the following code (though it may be more efficient):
+     * {@code publicLookup().findVirtual(MethodHandle.class, "invokeExact", type)}
+     *
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>Discussion:</em>
+     * Invoker method handles can be useful when working with variable method handles
+     * of unknown types.
+     * For example, to emulate an {@code invokeExact} call to a variable method
+     * handle {@code M}, extract its type {@code T},
+     * look up the invoker method {@code X} for {@code T},
+     * and call the invoker method, as {@code X.invoke(T, A...)}.
+     * (It would not work to call {@code X.invokeExact}, since the type {@code T}
+     * is unknown.)
+     * If spreading, collecting, or other argument transformations are required,
+     * they can be applied once to the invoker {@code X} and reused on many {@code M}
+     * method handle values, as long as they are compatible with the type of {@code X}.
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>(Note:  The invoker method is not available via the Core Reflection API.
+     * An attempt to call {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Method#invoke java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke}
+     * on the declared {@code invokeExact} or {@code invoke} method will raise an
+     * {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}.)</em>
+     * <p>
+     * This method throws no reflective or security exceptions.
+     * @param type the desired target type
+     * @return a method handle suitable for invoking any method handle of the given type
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the resulting method handle's type would have
+     *          <a href="MethodHandle.html#maxarity">too many parameters</a>
+     */
+    static public
+    MethodHandle exactInvoker(MethodType type) {
+        // return type.invokers().exactInvoker();
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.exactInvoker is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a special <em>invoker method handle</em> which can be used to
+     * invoke any method handle compatible with the given type, as if by {@link MethodHandle#invoke invoke}.
+     * The resulting invoker will have a type which is
+     * exactly equal to the desired type, except that it will accept
+     * an additional leading argument of type {@code MethodHandle}.
+     * <p>
+     * Before invoking its target, if the target differs from the expected type,
+     * the invoker will apply reference casts as
+     * necessary and box, unbox, or widen primitive values, as if by {@link MethodHandle#asType asType}.
+     * Similarly, the return value will be converted as necessary.
+     * If the target is a {@linkplain MethodHandle#asVarargsCollector variable arity method handle},
+     * the required arity conversion will be made, again as if by {@link MethodHandle#asType asType}.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is equivalent to the following code (though it may be more efficient):
+     * {@code publicLookup().findVirtual(MethodHandle.class, "invoke", type)}
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>Discussion:</em>
+     * A {@linkplain MethodType#genericMethodType general method type} is one which
+     * mentions only {@code Object} arguments and return values.
+     * An invoker for such a type is capable of calling any method handle
+     * of the same arity as the general type.
+     * <p style="font-size:smaller;">
+     * <em>(Note:  The invoker method is not available via the Core Reflection API.
+     * An attempt to call {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.Method#invoke java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke}
+     * on the declared {@code invokeExact} or {@code invoke} method will raise an
+     * {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}.)</em>
+     * <p>
+     * This method throws no reflective or security exceptions.
+     * @param type the desired target type
+     * @return a method handle suitable for invoking any method handle convertible to the given type
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the resulting method handle's type would have
+     *          <a href="MethodHandle.html#maxarity">too many parameters</a>
+     */
+    static public
+    MethodHandle invoker(MethodType type) {
+        // return type.invokers().genericInvoker();
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.invoker is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    // Android-changed: Basic invokers are not supported.
+    //
+    // static /*non-public*/
+    // MethodHandle basicInvoker(MethodType type) {
+    //     return type.invokers().basicInvoker();
+    // }
+
+     /// method handle modification (creation from other method handles)
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle which adapts the type of the
+     * given method handle to a new type by pairwise argument and return type conversion.
+     * The original type and new type must have the same number of arguments.
+     * The resulting method handle is guaranteed to report a type
+     * which is equal to the desired new type.
+     * <p>
+     * If the original type and new type are equal, returns target.
+     * <p>
+     * The same conversions are allowed as for {@link MethodHandle#asType MethodHandle.asType},
+     * and some additional conversions are also applied if those conversions fail.
+     * Given types <em>T0</em>, <em>T1</em>, one of the following conversions is applied
+     * if possible, before or instead of any conversions done by {@code asType}:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>If <em>T0</em> and <em>T1</em> are references, and <em>T1</em> is an interface type,
+     *     then the value of type <em>T0</em> is passed as a <em>T1</em> without a cast.
+     *     (This treatment of interfaces follows the usage of the bytecode verifier.)
+     * <li>If <em>T0</em> is boolean and <em>T1</em> is another primitive,
+     *     the boolean is converted to a byte value, 1 for true, 0 for false.
+     *     (This treatment follows the usage of the bytecode verifier.)
+     * <li>If <em>T1</em> is boolean and <em>T0</em> is another primitive,
+     *     <em>T0</em> is converted to byte via Java casting conversion (JLS 5.5),
+     *     and the low order bit of the result is tested, as if by {@code (x & 1) != 0}.
+     * <li>If <em>T0</em> and <em>T1</em> are primitives other than boolean,
+     *     then a Java casting conversion (JLS 5.5) is applied.
+     *     (Specifically, <em>T0</em> will convert to <em>T1</em> by
+     *     widening and/or narrowing.)
+     * <li>If <em>T0</em> is a reference and <em>T1</em> a primitive, an unboxing
+     *     conversion will be applied at runtime, possibly followed
+     *     by a Java casting conversion (JLS 5.5) on the primitive value,
+     *     possibly followed by a conversion from byte to boolean by testing
+     *     the low-order bit.
+     * <li>If <em>T0</em> is a reference and <em>T1</em> a primitive,
+     *     and if the reference is null at runtime, a zero value is introduced.
+     * </ul>
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after arguments are retyped
+     * @param newType the expected type of the new method handle
+     * @return a method handle which delegates to the target after performing
+     *           any necessary argument conversions, and arranges for any
+     *           necessary return value conversions
+     * @throws NullPointerException if either argument is null
+     * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the conversion cannot be made
+     * @see MethodHandle#asType
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle explicitCastArguments(MethodHandle target, MethodType newType) {
+        explicitCastArgumentsChecks(target, newType);
+        // use the asTypeCache when possible:
+        MethodType oldType = target.type();
+        if (oldType == newType)  return target;
+        if (oldType.explicitCastEquivalentToAsType(newType)) {
+            return target.asFixedArity().asType(newType);
+        }
+
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.makePairwiseConvert(target, newType, false);
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.explicitCastArguments is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    private static void explicitCastArgumentsChecks(MethodHandle target, MethodType newType) {
+        if (target.type().parameterCount() != newType.parameterCount()) {
+            throw new WrongMethodTypeException("cannot explicitly cast " + target + " to " + newType);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle which adapts the calling sequence of the
+     * given method handle to a new type, by reordering the arguments.
+     * The resulting method handle is guaranteed to report a type
+     * which is equal to the desired new type.
+     * <p>
+     * The given array controls the reordering.
+     * Call {@code #I} the number of incoming parameters (the value
+     * {@code newType.parameterCount()}, and call {@code #O} the number
+     * of outgoing parameters (the value {@code target.type().parameterCount()}).
+     * Then the length of the reordering array must be {@code #O},
+     * and each element must be a non-negative number less than {@code #I}.
+     * For every {@code N} less than {@code #O}, the {@code N}-th
+     * outgoing argument will be taken from the {@code I}-th incoming
+     * argument, where {@code I} is {@code reorder[N]}.
+     * <p>
+     * No argument or return value conversions are applied.
+     * The type of each incoming argument, as determined by {@code newType},
+     * must be identical to the type of the corresponding outgoing parameter
+     * or parameters in the target method handle.
+     * The return type of {@code newType} must be identical to the return
+     * type of the original target.
+     * <p>
+     * The reordering array need not specify an actual permutation.
+     * An incoming argument will be duplicated if its index appears
+     * more than once in the array, and an incoming argument will be dropped
+     * if its index does not appear in the array.
+     * As in the case of {@link #dropArguments(MethodHandle,int,List) dropArguments},
+     * incoming arguments which are not mentioned in the reordering array
+     * are may be any type, as determined only by {@code newType}.
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodType intfn1 = methodType(int.class, int.class);
+MethodType intfn2 = methodType(int.class, int.class, int.class);
+MethodHandle sub = ... (int x, int y) -> (x-y) ...;
+assert(sub.type().equals(intfn2));
+MethodHandle sub1 = permuteArguments(sub, intfn2, 0, 1);
+MethodHandle rsub = permuteArguments(sub, intfn2, 1, 0);
+assert((int)rsub.invokeExact(1, 100) == 99);
+MethodHandle add = ... (int x, int y) -> (x+y) ...;
+assert(add.type().equals(intfn2));
+MethodHandle twice = permuteArguments(add, intfn1, 0, 0);
+assert(twice.type().equals(intfn1));
+assert((int)twice.invokeExact(21) == 42);
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after arguments are reordered
+     * @param newType the expected type of the new method handle
+     * @param reorder an index array which controls the reordering
+     * @return a method handle which delegates to the target after it
+     *           drops unused arguments and moves and/or duplicates the other arguments
+     * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the index array length is not equal to
+     *                  the arity of the target, or if any index array element
+     *                  not a valid index for a parameter of {@code newType},
+     *                  or if two corresponding parameter types in
+     *                  {@code target.type()} and {@code newType} are not identical,
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle permuteArguments(MethodHandle target, MethodType newType, int... reorder) {
+        reorder = reorder.clone();  // get a private copy
+        MethodType oldType = target.type();
+        permuteArgumentChecks(reorder, newType, oldType);
+
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.permuteArguments is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    // Android-changed: findFirstDupOrDrop is unused and removed.
+    // private static int findFirstDupOrDrop(int[] reorder, int newArity);
+
+    private static boolean permuteArgumentChecks(int[] reorder, MethodType newType, MethodType oldType) {
+        if (newType.returnType() != oldType.returnType())
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("return types do not match",
+                    oldType, newType);
+        if (reorder.length == oldType.parameterCount()) {
+            int limit = newType.parameterCount();
+            boolean bad = false;
+            for (int j = 0; j < reorder.length; j++) {
+                int i = reorder[j];
+                if (i < 0 || i >= limit) {
+                    bad = true; break;
+                }
+                Class<?> src = newType.parameterType(i);
+                Class<?> dst = oldType.parameterType(j);
+                if (src != dst)
+                    throw newIllegalArgumentException("parameter types do not match after reorder",
+                            oldType, newType);
+            }
+            if (!bad)  return true;
+        }
+        throw newIllegalArgumentException("bad reorder array: "+Arrays.toString(reorder));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle of the requested return type which returns the given
+     * constant value every time it is invoked.
+     * <p>
+     * Before the method handle is returned, the passed-in value is converted to the requested type.
+     * If the requested type is primitive, widening primitive conversions are attempted,
+     * else reference conversions are attempted.
+     * <p>The returned method handle is equivalent to {@code identity(type).bindTo(value)}.
+     * @param type the return type of the desired method handle
+     * @param value the value to return
+     * @return a method handle of the given return type and no arguments, which always returns the given value
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the {@code type} argument is null
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the value cannot be converted to the required return type
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given type is {@code void.class}
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle constant(Class<?> type, Object value) {
+        if (type.isPrimitive()) {
+            if (type == void.class)
+                throw newIllegalArgumentException("void type");
+            Wrapper w = Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(type);
+            value = w.convert(value, type);
+            if (w.zero().equals(value))
+                return zero(w, type);
+            return insertArguments(identity(type), 0, value);
+        } else {
+            if (value == null)
+                return zero(Wrapper.OBJECT, type);
+            return identity(type).bindTo(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle which returns its sole argument when invoked.
+     * @param type the type of the sole parameter and return value of the desired method handle
+     * @return a unary method handle which accepts and returns the given type
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given type is {@code void.class}
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle identity(Class<?> type) {
+        Wrapper btw = (type.isPrimitive() ? Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(type) : Wrapper.OBJECT);
+        int pos = btw.ordinal();
+        MethodHandle ident = IDENTITY_MHS[pos];
+        if (ident == null) {
+            ident = setCachedMethodHandle(IDENTITY_MHS, pos, makeIdentity(btw.primitiveType()));
+        }
+        if (ident.type().returnType() == type)
+            return ident;
+        // something like identity(Foo.class); do not bother to intern these
+        assert(btw == Wrapper.OBJECT);
+        return makeIdentity(type);
+    }
+    private static final MethodHandle[] IDENTITY_MHS = new MethodHandle[Wrapper.values().length];
+    private static MethodHandle makeIdentity(Class<?> ptype) {
+        // MethodType mtype = MethodType.methodType(ptype, ptype);
+        // LambdaForm lform = LambdaForm.identityForm(BasicType.basicType(ptype));
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.makeIntrinsic(mtype, lform, Intrinsic.IDENTITY);
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.makeIdentity is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    private static MethodHandle zero(Wrapper btw, Class<?> rtype) {
+        int pos = btw.ordinal();
+        MethodHandle zero = ZERO_MHS[pos];
+        if (zero == null) {
+            zero = setCachedMethodHandle(ZERO_MHS, pos, makeZero(btw.primitiveType()));
+        }
+        if (zero.type().returnType() == rtype)
+            return zero;
+        assert(btw == Wrapper.OBJECT);
+        return makeZero(rtype);
+    }
+    private static final MethodHandle[] ZERO_MHS = new MethodHandle[Wrapper.values().length];
+    private static MethodHandle makeZero(Class<?> rtype) {
+        // MethodType mtype = MethodType.methodType(rtype);
+        // LambdaForm lform = LambdaForm.zeroForm(BasicType.basicType(rtype));
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.makeIntrinsic(mtype, lform, Intrinsic.ZERO);
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.makeZero is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    synchronized private static MethodHandle setCachedMethodHandle(MethodHandle[] cache, int pos, MethodHandle value) {
+        // Simulate a CAS, to avoid racy duplication of results.
+        MethodHandle prev = cache[pos];
+        if (prev != null) return prev;
+        return cache[pos] = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a target method handle with one or more <em>bound arguments</em>
+     * in advance of the method handle's invocation.
+     * The formal parameters to the target corresponding to the bound
+     * arguments are called <em>bound parameters</em>.
+     * Returns a new method handle which saves away the bound arguments.
+     * When it is invoked, it receives arguments for any non-bound parameters,
+     * binds the saved arguments to their corresponding parameters,
+     * and calls the original target.
+     * <p>
+     * The type of the new method handle will drop the types for the bound
+     * parameters from the original target type, since the new method handle
+     * will no longer require those arguments to be supplied by its callers.
+     * <p>
+     * Each given argument object must match the corresponding bound parameter type.
+     * If a bound parameter type is a primitive, the argument object
+     * must be a wrapper, and will be unboxed to produce the primitive value.
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code pos} argument selects which parameters are to be bound.
+     * It may range between zero and <i>N-L</i> (inclusively),
+     * where <i>N</i> is the arity of the target method handle
+     * and <i>L</i> is the length of the values array.
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after the argument is inserted
+     * @param pos where to insert the argument (zero for the first)
+     * @param values the series of arguments to insert
+     * @return a method handle which inserts an additional argument,
+     *         before calling the original method handle
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the target or the {@code values} array is null
+     * @see MethodHandle#bindTo
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle insertArguments(MethodHandle target, int pos, Object... values) {
+        int insCount = values.length;
+        Class<?>[] ptypes = insertArgumentsChecks(target, insCount, pos);
+        if (insCount == 0)  return target;
+
+        // BoundMethodHandle result = target.rebind();
+        // for (int i = 0; i < insCount; i++) {
+        //     Object value = values[i];
+        //     Class<?> ptype = ptypes[pos+i];
+        //     if (ptype.isPrimitive()) {
+        //         result = insertArgumentPrimitive(result, pos, ptype, value);
+        //     } else {
+        //         value = ptype.cast(value);  // throw CCE if needed
+        //         result = result.bindArgumentL(pos, value);
+        //     }
+        // }
+        // return result;
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.insertArguments is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    // Android-changed: insertArgumentPrimitive is unused.
+    //
+    // private static BoundMethodHandle insertArgumentPrimitive(BoundMethodHandle result, int pos,
+    //                                                          Class<?> ptype, Object value) {
+    //     Wrapper w = Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(ptype);
+    //     // perform unboxing and/or primitive conversion
+    //     value = w.convert(value, ptype);
+    //     switch (w) {
+    //     case INT:     return result.bindArgumentI(pos, (int)value);
+    //     case LONG:    return result.bindArgumentJ(pos, (long)value);
+    //     case FLOAT:   return result.bindArgumentF(pos, (float)value);
+    //     case DOUBLE:  return result.bindArgumentD(pos, (double)value);
+    //     default:      return result.bindArgumentI(pos, ValueConversions.widenSubword(value));
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    private static Class<?>[] insertArgumentsChecks(MethodHandle target, int insCount, int pos) throws RuntimeException {
+        MethodType oldType = target.type();
+        int outargs = oldType.parameterCount();
+        int inargs  = outargs - insCount;
+        if (inargs < 0)
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("too many values to insert");
+        if (pos < 0 || pos > inargs)
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("no argument type to append");
+        return oldType.ptypes();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle which will discard some dummy arguments
+     * before calling some other specified <i>target</i> method handle.
+     * The type of the new method handle will be the same as the target's type,
+     * except it will also include the dummy argument types,
+     * at some given position.
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code pos} argument may range between zero and <i>N</i>,
+     * where <i>N</i> is the arity of the target.
+     * If {@code pos} is zero, the dummy arguments will precede
+     * the target's real arguments; if {@code pos} is <i>N</i>
+     * they will come after.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Example:</b>
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle cat = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+assertEquals("xy", (String) cat.invokeExact("x", "y"));
+MethodType bigType = cat.type().insertParameterTypes(0, int.class, String.class);
+MethodHandle d0 = dropArguments(cat, 0, bigType.parameterList().subList(0,2));
+assertEquals(bigType, d0.type());
+assertEquals("yz", (String) d0.invokeExact(123, "x", "y", "z"));
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p>
+     * This method is also equivalent to the following code:
+     * <blockquote><pre>
+     * {@link #dropArguments(MethodHandle,int,Class...) dropArguments}{@code (target, pos, valueTypes.toArray(new Class[0]))}
+     * </pre></blockquote>
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after the arguments are dropped
+     * @param valueTypes the type(s) of the argument(s) to drop
+     * @param pos position of first argument to drop (zero for the leftmost)
+     * @return a method handle which drops arguments of the given types,
+     *         before calling the original method handle
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the target is null,
+     *                              or if the {@code valueTypes} list or any of its elements is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code valueTypes} is {@code void.class},
+     *                  or if {@code pos} is negative or greater than the arity of the target,
+     *                  or if the new method handle's type would have too many parameters
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle dropArguments(MethodHandle target, int pos, List<Class<?>> valueTypes) {
+        MethodType oldType = target.type();  // get NPE
+        int dropped = dropArgumentChecks(oldType, pos, valueTypes);
+
+        MethodType newType = oldType.insertParameterTypes(pos, valueTypes);
+        // if (dropped == 0)  return target;
+        // BoundMethodHandle result = target.rebind();
+        // LambdaForm lform = result.form;
+        // int insertFormArg = 1 + pos;
+        // for (Class<?> ptype : valueTypes) {
+        //     lform = lform.editor().addArgumentForm(insertFormArg++, BasicType.basicType(ptype));
+        // }
+        // result = result.copyWith(newType, lform);
+        // return result;
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.dropArguments is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    private static int dropArgumentChecks(MethodType oldType, int pos, List<Class<?>> valueTypes) {
+        int dropped = valueTypes.size();
+        MethodType.checkSlotCount(dropped);
+        int outargs = oldType.parameterCount();
+        int inargs  = outargs + dropped;
+        if (pos < 0 || pos > outargs)
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("no argument type to remove"
+                    + Arrays.asList(oldType, pos, valueTypes, inargs, outargs)
+                    );
+        return dropped;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle which will discard some dummy arguments
+     * before calling some other specified <i>target</i> method handle.
+     * The type of the new method handle will be the same as the target's type,
+     * except it will also include the dummy argument types,
+     * at some given position.
+     * <p>
+     * The {@code pos} argument may range between zero and <i>N</i>,
+     * where <i>N</i> is the arity of the target.
+     * If {@code pos} is zero, the dummy arguments will precede
+     * the target's real arguments; if {@code pos} is <i>N</i>
+     * they will come after.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Example:</b>
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle cat = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+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"));
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p>
+     * This method is also equivalent to the following code:
+     * <blockquote><pre>
+     * {@link #dropArguments(MethodHandle,int,List) dropArguments}{@code (target, pos, Arrays.asList(valueTypes))}
+     * </pre></blockquote>
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after the arguments are dropped
+     * @param valueTypes the type(s) of the argument(s) to drop
+     * @param pos position of first argument to drop (zero for the leftmost)
+     * @return a method handle which drops arguments of the given types,
+     *         before calling the original method handle
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the target is null,
+     *                              or if the {@code valueTypes} array or any of its elements is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code valueTypes} is {@code void.class},
+     *                  or if {@code pos} is negative or greater than the arity of the target,
+     *                  or if the new method handle's type would have
+     *                  <a href="MethodHandle.html#maxarity">too many parameters</a>
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle dropArguments(MethodHandle target, int pos, Class<?>... valueTypes) {
+        return dropArguments(target, pos, Arrays.asList(valueTypes));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adapts a target method handle by pre-processing
+     * one or more of its arguments, each with its own unary filter function,
+     * and then calling the target with each pre-processed argument
+     * replaced by the result of its corresponding filter function.
+     * <p>
+     * The pre-processing is performed by one or more method handles,
+     * specified in the elements of the {@code filters} array.
+     * The first element of the filter array corresponds to the {@code pos}
+     * argument of the target, and so on in sequence.
+     * <p>
+     * Null arguments in the array are treated as identity functions,
+     * and the corresponding arguments left unchanged.
+     * (If there are no non-null elements in the array, the original target is returned.)
+     * Each filter is applied to the corresponding argument of the adapter.
+     * <p>
+     * If a filter {@code F} applies to the {@code N}th argument of
+     * the target, then {@code F} must be a method handle which
+     * takes exactly one argument.  The type of {@code F}'s sole argument
+     * replaces the corresponding argument type of the target
+     * in the resulting adapted method handle.
+     * The return type of {@code F} must be identical to the corresponding
+     * parameter type of the target.
+     * <p>
+     * It is an error if there are elements of {@code filters}
+     * (null or not)
+     * which do not correspond to argument positions in the target.
+     * <p><b>Example:</b>
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle cat = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+MethodHandle upcase = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "toUpperCase", methodType(String.class));
+assertEquals("xy", (String) cat.invokeExact("x", "y"));
+MethodHandle f0 = filterArguments(cat, 0, upcase);
+assertEquals("Xy", (String) f0.invokeExact("x", "y")); // Xy
+MethodHandle f1 = filterArguments(cat, 1, upcase);
+assertEquals("xY", (String) f1.invokeExact("x", "y")); // xY
+MethodHandle f2 = filterArguments(cat, 0, upcase, upcase);
+assertEquals("XY", (String) f2.invokeExact("x", "y")); // XY
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p> Here is pseudocode for the resulting adapter:
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     * V target(P... p, A[i]... a[i], B... b);
+     * A[i] filter[i](V[i]);
+     * T adapter(P... p, V[i]... v[i], B... b) {
+     *   return target(p..., f[i](v[i])..., b...);
+     * }
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     *
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after arguments are filtered
+     * @param pos the position of the first argument to filter
+     * @param filters method handles to call initially on filtered arguments
+     * @return method handle which incorporates the specified argument filtering logic
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the target is null
+     *                              or if the {@code filters} array is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if a non-null element of {@code filters}
+     *          does not match a corresponding argument type of target as described above,
+     *          or if the {@code pos+filters.length} is greater than {@code target.type().parameterCount()},
+     *          or if the resulting method handle's type would have
+     *          <a href="MethodHandle.html#maxarity">too many parameters</a>
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle filterArguments(MethodHandle target, int pos, MethodHandle... filters) {
+        filterArgumentsCheckArity(target, pos, filters);
+        MethodHandle adapter = target;
+        int curPos = pos-1;  // pre-incremented
+        for (MethodHandle filter : filters) {
+            curPos += 1;
+            if (filter == null)  continue;  // ignore null elements of filters
+            adapter = filterArgument(adapter, curPos, filter);
+        }
+        return adapter;
+    }
+
+    /*non-public*/ static
+    MethodHandle filterArgument(MethodHandle target, int pos, MethodHandle filter) {
+        filterArgumentChecks(target, pos, filter);
+        // MethodType targetType = target.type();
+        // MethodType filterType = filter.type();
+        // BoundMethodHandle result = target.rebind();
+        // Class<?> newParamType = filterType.parameterType(0);
+        // LambdaForm lform = result.editor().filterArgumentForm(1 + pos, BasicType.basicType(newParamType));
+        // MethodType newType = targetType.changeParameterType(pos, newParamType);
+        // result = result.copyWithExtendL(newType, lform, filter);
+        // return result;
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.filterArgument is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    private static void filterArgumentsCheckArity(MethodHandle target, int pos, MethodHandle[] filters) {
+        MethodType targetType = target.type();
+        int maxPos = targetType.parameterCount();
+        if (pos + filters.length > maxPos)
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("too many filters");
+    }
+
+    private static void filterArgumentChecks(MethodHandle target, int pos, MethodHandle filter) throws RuntimeException {
+        MethodType targetType = target.type();
+        MethodType filterType = filter.type();
+        if (filterType.parameterCount() != 1
+            || filterType.returnType() != targetType.parameterType(pos))
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("target and filter types do not match", targetType, filterType);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adapts a target method handle by pre-processing
+     * a sub-sequence of its arguments with a filter (another method handle).
+     * The pre-processed arguments are replaced by the result (if any) of the
+     * filter function.
+     * The target is then called on the modified (usually shortened) argument list.
+     * <p>
+     * If the filter returns a value, the target must accept that value as
+     * its argument in position {@code pos}, preceded and/or followed by
+     * any arguments not passed to the filter.
+     * If the filter returns void, the target must accept all arguments
+     * not passed to the filter.
+     * No arguments are reordered, and a result returned from the filter
+     * replaces (in order) the whole subsequence of arguments originally
+     * passed to the adapter.
+     * <p>
+     * The argument types (if any) of the filter
+     * replace zero or one argument types of the target, at position {@code pos},
+     * in the resulting adapted method handle.
+     * The return type of the filter (if any) must be identical to the
+     * argument type of the target at position {@code pos}, and that target argument
+     * is supplied by the return value of the filter.
+     * <p>
+     * In all cases, {@code pos} must be greater than or equal to zero, and
+     * {@code pos} must also be less than or equal to the target's arity.
+     * <p><b>Example:</b>
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle deepToString = publicLookup()
+  .findStatic(Arrays.class, "deepToString", methodType(String.class, Object[].class));
+
+MethodHandle ts1 = deepToString.asCollector(String[].class, 1);
+assertEquals("[strange]", (String) ts1.invokeExact("strange"));
+
+MethodHandle ts2 = deepToString.asCollector(String[].class, 2);
+assertEquals("[up, down]", (String) ts2.invokeExact("up", "down"));
+
+MethodHandle ts3 = deepToString.asCollector(String[].class, 3);
+MethodHandle ts3_ts2 = collectArguments(ts3, 1, ts2);
+assertEquals("[top, [up, down], strange]",
+             (String) ts3_ts2.invokeExact("top", "up", "down", "strange"));
+
+MethodHandle ts3_ts2_ts1 = collectArguments(ts3_ts2, 3, ts1);
+assertEquals("[top, [up, down], [strange]]",
+             (String) ts3_ts2_ts1.invokeExact("top", "up", "down", "strange"));
+
+MethodHandle ts3_ts2_ts3 = collectArguments(ts3_ts2, 1, ts3);
+assertEquals("[top, [[up, down, strange], charm], bottom]",
+             (String) ts3_ts2_ts3.invokeExact("top", "up", "down", "strange", "charm", "bottom"));
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p> Here is pseudocode for the resulting adapter:
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     * T target(A...,V,C...);
+     * V filter(B...);
+     * T adapter(A... a,B... b,C... c) {
+     *   V v = filter(b...);
+     *   return target(a...,v,c...);
+     * }
+     * // and if the filter has no arguments:
+     * T target2(A...,V,C...);
+     * V filter2();
+     * T adapter2(A... a,C... c) {
+     *   V v = filter2();
+     *   return target2(a...,v,c...);
+     * }
+     * // and if the filter has a void return:
+     * T target3(A...,C...);
+     * void filter3(B...);
+     * void adapter3(A... a,B... b,C... c) {
+     *   filter3(b...);
+     *   return target3(a...,c...);
+     * }
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p>
+     * A collection adapter {@code collectArguments(mh, 0, coll)} is equivalent to
+     * one which first "folds" the affected arguments, and then drops them, in separate
+     * steps as follows:
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     * mh = MethodHandles.dropArguments(mh, 1, coll.type().parameterList()); //step 2
+     * mh = MethodHandles.foldArguments(mh, coll); //step 1
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * If the target method handle consumes no arguments besides than the result
+     * (if any) of the filter {@code coll}, then {@code collectArguments(mh, 0, coll)}
+     * is equivalent to {@code filterReturnValue(coll, mh)}.
+     * If the filter method handle {@code coll} consumes one argument and produces
+     * a non-void result, then {@code collectArguments(mh, N, coll)}
+     * is equivalent to {@code filterArguments(mh, N, coll)}.
+     * Other equivalences are possible but would require argument permutation.
+     *
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after filtering the subsequence of arguments
+     * @param pos the position of the first adapter argument to pass to the filter,
+     *            and/or the target argument which receives the result of the filter
+     * @param filter method handle to call on the subsequence of arguments
+     * @return method handle which incorporates the specified argument subsequence filtering logic
+     * @throws NullPointerException if either argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the return type of {@code filter}
+     *          is non-void and is not the same as the {@code pos} argument of the target,
+     *          or if {@code pos} is not between 0 and the target's arity, inclusive,
+     *          or if the resulting method handle's type would have
+     *          <a href="MethodHandle.html#maxarity">too many parameters</a>
+     * @see MethodHandles#foldArguments
+     * @see MethodHandles#filterArguments
+     * @see MethodHandles#filterReturnValue
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle collectArguments(MethodHandle target, int pos, MethodHandle filter) {
+        MethodType newType = collectArgumentsChecks(target, pos, filter);
+        MethodType collectorType = filter.type();
+
+        // BoundMethodHandle result = target.rebind();
+        // LambdaForm lform;
+        // if (collectorType.returnType().isArray() && filter.intrinsicName() == Intrinsic.NEW_ARRAY) {
+        //     lform = result.editor().collectArgumentArrayForm(1 + pos, filter);
+        //     if (lform != null) {
+        //         return result.copyWith(newType, lform);
+        //     }
+        // }
+        // lform = result.editor().collectArgumentsForm(1 + pos, collectorType.basicType());
+        // return result.copyWithExtendL(newType, lform, filter);
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.collectArguments is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    private static MethodType collectArgumentsChecks(MethodHandle target, int pos, MethodHandle filter) throws RuntimeException {
+        MethodType targetType = target.type();
+        MethodType filterType = filter.type();
+        Class<?> rtype = filterType.returnType();
+        List<Class<?>> filterArgs = filterType.parameterList();
+        if (rtype == void.class) {
+            return targetType.insertParameterTypes(pos, filterArgs);
+        }
+        if (rtype != targetType.parameterType(pos)) {
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("target and filter types do not match", targetType, filterType);
+        }
+        return targetType.dropParameterTypes(pos, pos+1).insertParameterTypes(pos, filterArgs);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adapts a target method handle by post-processing
+     * its return value (if any) with a filter (another method handle).
+     * The result of the filter is returned from the adapter.
+     * <p>
+     * If the target returns a value, the filter must accept that value as
+     * its only argument.
+     * If the target returns void, the filter must accept no arguments.
+     * <p>
+     * The return type of the filter
+     * replaces the return type of the target
+     * in the resulting adapted method handle.
+     * The argument type of the filter (if any) must be identical to the
+     * return type of the target.
+     * <p><b>Example:</b>
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle cat = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+MethodHandle length = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "length", methodType(int.class));
+System.out.println((String) cat.invokeExact("x", "y")); // xy
+MethodHandle f0 = filterReturnValue(cat, length);
+System.out.println((int) f0.invokeExact("x", "y")); // 2
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p> Here is pseudocode for the resulting adapter:
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     * V target(A...);
+     * T filter(V);
+     * T adapter(A... a) {
+     *   V v = target(a...);
+     *   return filter(v);
+     * }
+     * // and if the target has a void return:
+     * void target2(A...);
+     * T filter2();
+     * T adapter2(A... a) {
+     *   target2(a...);
+     *   return filter2();
+     * }
+     * // and if the filter has a void return:
+     * V target3(A...);
+     * void filter3(V);
+     * void adapter3(A... a) {
+     *   V v = target3(a...);
+     *   filter3(v);
+     * }
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke before filtering the return value
+     * @param filter method handle to call on the return value
+     * @return method handle which incorporates the specified return value filtering logic
+     * @throws NullPointerException if either argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument list of {@code filter}
+     *          does not match the return type of target as described above
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle filterReturnValue(MethodHandle target, MethodHandle filter) {
+        MethodType targetType = target.type();
+        MethodType filterType = filter.type();
+        filterReturnValueChecks(targetType, filterType);
+
+        // BoundMethodHandle result = target.rebind();
+        // BasicType rtype = BasicType.basicType(filterType.returnType());
+        // LambdaForm lform = result.editor().filterReturnForm(rtype, false);
+        // MethodType newType = targetType.changeReturnType(filterType.returnType());
+        // result = result.copyWithExtendL(newType, lform, filter);
+        // return result;
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.filterReturnValue is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    private static void filterReturnValueChecks(MethodType targetType, MethodType filterType) throws RuntimeException {
+        Class<?> rtype = targetType.returnType();
+        int filterValues = filterType.parameterCount();
+        if (filterValues == 0
+                ? (rtype != void.class)
+                : (rtype != filterType.parameterType(0)))
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("target and filter types do not match", targetType, filterType);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adapts a target method handle by pre-processing
+     * some of its arguments, and then calling the target with
+     * the result of the pre-processing, inserted into the original
+     * sequence of arguments.
+     * <p>
+     * The pre-processing is performed by {@code combiner}, a second method handle.
+     * Of the arguments passed to the adapter, the first {@code N} arguments
+     * are copied to the combiner, which is then called.
+     * (Here, {@code N} is defined as the parameter count of the combiner.)
+     * After this, control passes to the target, with any result
+     * from the combiner inserted before the original {@code N} incoming
+     * arguments.
+     * <p>
+     * If the combiner returns a value, the first parameter type of the target
+     * must be identical with the return type of the combiner, and the next
+     * {@code N} parameter types of the target must exactly match the parameters
+     * of the combiner.
+     * <p>
+     * If the combiner has a void return, no result will be inserted,
+     * and the first {@code N} parameter types of the target
+     * must exactly match the parameters of the combiner.
+     * <p>
+     * The resulting adapter is the same type as the target, except that the
+     * first parameter type is dropped,
+     * if it corresponds to the result of the combiner.
+     * <p>
+     * (Note that {@link #dropArguments(MethodHandle,int,List) dropArguments} can be used to remove any arguments
+     * that either the combiner or the target does not wish to receive.
+     * If some of the incoming arguments are destined only for the combiner,
+     * consider using {@link MethodHandle#asCollector asCollector} instead, since those
+     * arguments will not need to be live on the stack on entry to the
+     * target.)
+     * <p><b>Example:</b>
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.*;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.*;
+...
+MethodHandle trace = publicLookup().findVirtual(java.io.PrintStream.class,
+  "println", methodType(void.class, String.class))
+    .bindTo(System.out);
+MethodHandle cat = lookup().findVirtual(String.class,
+  "concat", methodType(String.class, String.class));
+assertEquals("boojum", (String) cat.invokeExact("boo", "jum"));
+MethodHandle catTrace = foldArguments(cat, trace);
+// also prints "boo":
+assertEquals("boojum", (String) catTrace.invokeExact("boo", "jum"));
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * <p> Here is pseudocode for the resulting adapter:
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     * // there are N arguments in A...
+     * T target(V, A[N]..., B...);
+     * V combiner(A...);
+     * T adapter(A... a, B... b) {
+     *   V v = combiner(a...);
+     *   return target(v, a..., b...);
+     * }
+     * // and if the combiner has a void return:
+     * T target2(A[N]..., B...);
+     * void combiner2(A...);
+     * T adapter2(A... a, B... b) {
+     *   combiner2(a...);
+     *   return target2(a..., b...);
+     * }
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * @param target the method handle to invoke after arguments are combined
+     * @param combiner method handle to call initially on the incoming arguments
+     * @return method handle which incorporates the specified argument folding logic
+     * @throws NullPointerException if either argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code combiner}'s return type
+     *          is non-void and not the same as the first argument type of
+     *          the target, or if the initial {@code N} argument types
+     *          of the target
+     *          (skipping one matching the {@code combiner}'s return type)
+     *          are not identical with the argument types of {@code combiner}
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle foldArguments(MethodHandle target, MethodHandle combiner) {
+        int foldPos = 0;
+        MethodType targetType = target.type();
+        MethodType combinerType = combiner.type();
+        Class<?> rtype = foldArgumentChecks(foldPos, targetType, combinerType);
+
+        // BoundMethodHandle result = target.rebind();
+        // boolean dropResult = (rtype == void.class);
+        // // Note:  This may cache too many distinct LFs. Consider backing off to varargs code.
+        // LambdaForm lform = result.editor().foldArgumentsForm(1 + foldPos, dropResult, combinerType.basicType());
+        // MethodType newType = targetType;
+        // if (!dropResult)
+        //     newType = newType.dropParameterTypes(foldPos, foldPos + 1);
+        // result = result.copyWithExtendL(newType, lform, combiner);
+        // return result;
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.foldArguments is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    private static Class<?> foldArgumentChecks(int foldPos, MethodType targetType, MethodType combinerType) {
+        int foldArgs   = combinerType.parameterCount();
+        Class<?> rtype = combinerType.returnType();
+        int foldVals = rtype == void.class ? 0 : 1;
+        int afterInsertPos = foldPos + foldVals;
+        boolean ok = (targetType.parameterCount() >= afterInsertPos + foldArgs);
+        if (ok && !(combinerType.parameterList()
+                    .equals(targetType.parameterList().subList(afterInsertPos,
+                                                               afterInsertPos + foldArgs))))
+            ok = false;
+        if (ok && foldVals != 0 && combinerType.returnType() != targetType.parameterType(0))
+            ok = false;
+        if (!ok)
+            throw misMatchedTypes("target and combiner types", targetType, combinerType);
+        return rtype;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Makes a method handle which adapts a target method handle,
+     * by guarding it with a test, a boolean-valued method handle.
+     * If the guard fails, a fallback handle is called instead.
+     * All three method handles must have the same corresponding
+     * argument and return types, except that the return type
+     * of the test must be boolean, and the test is allowed
+     * to have fewer arguments than the other two method handles.
+     * <p> Here is pseudocode for the resulting adapter:
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     * boolean test(A...);
+     * T target(A...,B...);
+     * T fallback(A...,B...);
+     * T adapter(A... a,B... b) {
+     *   if (test(a...))
+     *     return target(a..., b...);
+     *   else
+     *     return fallback(a..., b...);
+     * }
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * Note that the test arguments ({@code a...} in the pseudocode) cannot
+     * be modified by execution of the test, and so are passed unchanged
+     * from the caller to the target or fallback as appropriate.
+     * @param test method handle used for test, must return boolean
+     * @param target method handle to call if test passes
+     * @param fallback method handle to call if test fails
+     * @return method handle which incorporates the specified if/then/else logic
+     * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code test} does not return boolean,
+     *          or if all three method types do not match (with the return
+     *          type of {@code test} changed to match that of the target).
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle guardWithTest(MethodHandle test,
+                               MethodHandle target,
+                               MethodHandle fallback) {
+        MethodType gtype = test.type();
+        MethodType ttype = target.type();
+        MethodType ftype = fallback.type();
+        if (!ttype.equals(ftype))
+            throw misMatchedTypes("target and fallback types", ttype, ftype);
+        if (gtype.returnType() != boolean.class)
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("guard type is not a predicate "+gtype);
+        List<Class<?>> targs = ttype.parameterList();
+        List<Class<?>> gargs = gtype.parameterList();
+        if (!targs.equals(gargs)) {
+            int gpc = gargs.size(), tpc = targs.size();
+            if (gpc >= tpc || !targs.subList(0, gpc).equals(gargs))
+                throw misMatchedTypes("target and test types", ttype, gtype);
+            test = dropArguments(test, gpc, targs.subList(gpc, tpc));
+            gtype = test.type();
+        }
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.makeGuardWithTest(test, target, fallback);
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.guardWithTest is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    static RuntimeException misMatchedTypes(String what, MethodType t1, MethodType t2) {
+        return newIllegalArgumentException(what + " must match: " + t1 + " != " + t2);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Makes a method handle which adapts a target method handle,
+     * by running it inside an exception handler.
+     * If the target returns normally, the adapter returns that value.
+     * If an exception matching the specified type is thrown, the fallback
+     * handle is called instead on the exception, plus the original arguments.
+     * <p>
+     * The target and handler must have the same corresponding
+     * argument and return types, except that handler may omit trailing arguments
+     * (similarly to the predicate in {@link #guardWithTest guardWithTest}).
+     * Also, the handler must have an extra leading parameter of {@code exType} or a supertype.
+     * <p> Here is pseudocode for the resulting adapter:
+     * <blockquote><pre>{@code
+     * T target(A..., B...);
+     * T handler(ExType, A...);
+     * T adapter(A... a, B... b) {
+     *   try {
+     *     return target(a..., b...);
+     *   } catch (ExType ex) {
+     *     return handler(ex, a...);
+     *   }
+     * }
+     * }</pre></blockquote>
+     * Note that the saved arguments ({@code a...} in the pseudocode) cannot
+     * be modified by execution of the target, and so are passed unchanged
+     * from the caller to the handler, if the handler is invoked.
+     * <p>
+     * The target and handler must return the same type, even if the handler
+     * always throws.  (This might happen, for instance, because the handler
+     * is simulating a {@code finally} clause).
+     * To create such a throwing handler, compose the handler creation logic
+     * with {@link #throwException throwException},
+     * in order to create a method handle of the correct return type.
+     * @param target method handle to call
+     * @param exType the type of exception which the handler will catch
+     * @param handler method handle to call if a matching exception is thrown
+     * @return method handle which incorporates the specified try/catch logic
+     * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code handler} does not accept
+     *          the given exception type, or if the method handle types do
+     *          not match in their return types and their
+     *          corresponding parameters
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle catchException(MethodHandle target,
+                                Class<? extends Throwable> exType,
+                                MethodHandle handler) {
+        MethodType ttype = target.type();
+        MethodType htype = handler.type();
+        if (htype.parameterCount() < 1 ||
+            !htype.parameterType(0).isAssignableFrom(exType))
+            throw newIllegalArgumentException("handler does not accept exception type "+exType);
+        if (htype.returnType() != ttype.returnType())
+            throw misMatchedTypes("target and handler return types", ttype, htype);
+        List<Class<?>> targs = ttype.parameterList();
+        List<Class<?>> hargs = htype.parameterList();
+        hargs = hargs.subList(1, hargs.size());  // omit leading parameter from handler
+        if (!targs.equals(hargs)) {
+            int hpc = hargs.size(), tpc = targs.size();
+            if (hpc >= tpc || !targs.subList(0, hpc).equals(hargs))
+                throw misMatchedTypes("target and handler types", ttype, htype);
+            handler = dropArguments(handler, 1+hpc, targs.subList(hpc, tpc));
+            htype = handler.type();
+        }
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.makeGuardWithCatch(target, exType, handler);
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.catchException is not implemented");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a method handle which will throw exceptions of the given {@code exType}.
+     * The method handle will accept a single argument of {@code exType},
+     * and immediately throw it as an exception.
+     * The method type will nominally specify a return of {@code returnType}.
+     * The return type may be anything convenient:  It doesn't matter to the
+     * method handle's behavior, since it will never return normally.
+     * @param returnType the return type of the desired method handle
+     * @param exType the parameter type of the desired method handle
+     * @return method handle which can throw the given exceptions
+     * @throws NullPointerException if either argument is null
+     */
+    public static
+    MethodHandle throwException(Class<?> returnType, Class<? extends Throwable> exType) {
+        if (!Throwable.class.isAssignableFrom(exType))
+            throw new ClassCastException(exType.getName());
+
+        // TODO(narayan): Implement this method.
+        // return MethodHandleImpl.throwException(MethodType.methodType(returnType, exType));
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("MethodHandles.throwException is not implemented");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ojluni/src/main/java/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccess.java b/ojluni/src/main/java/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccess.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e5820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ojluni/src/main/java/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccess.java
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 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.  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.invoke.util;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import static java.lang.reflect.Modifier.*;
+import sun.reflect.Reflection;
+
+/**
+ * This class centralizes information about the JVM's linkage access control.
+ * @author jrose
+ */
+public class VerifyAccess {
+
+    private VerifyAccess() { }  // cannot instantiate
+
+    private static final int PACKAGE_ONLY = 0;
+    private static final int PACKAGE_ALLOWED = java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup.PACKAGE;
+    private static final int PROTECTED_OR_PACKAGE_ALLOWED = (PACKAGE_ALLOWED|PROTECTED);
+    private static final int ALL_ACCESS_MODES = (PUBLIC|PRIVATE|PROTECTED|PACKAGE_ONLY);
+    private static final boolean ALLOW_NESTMATE_ACCESS = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluate the JVM linkage rules for access to the given method
+     * on behalf of a caller class which proposes to perform the access.
+     * Return true if the caller class has privileges to invoke a method
+     * or access a field with the given properties.
+     * This requires an accessibility check of the referencing class,
+     * plus an accessibility check of the member within the class,
+     * which depends on the member's modifier flags.
+     * <p>
+     * The relevant properties include the defining class ({@code defc})
+     * of the member, and its modifier flags ({@code mods}).
+     * Also relevant is the class used to make the initial symbolic reference
+     * to the member ({@code refc}).  If this latter class is not distinguished,
+     * the defining class should be passed for both arguments ({@code defc == refc}).
+     * <h3>JVM Specification, 5.4.4 "Access Control"</h3>
+     * A field or method R is accessible to a class or interface D if
+     * and only if any of the following conditions is true:<ul>
+     * <li>R is public.
+     * <li>R is protected and is declared in a class C, and D is either
+     *     a subclass of C or C itself.  Furthermore, if R is not
+     *     static, then the symbolic reference to R must contain a
+     *     symbolic reference to a class T, such that T is either a
+     *     subclass of D, a superclass of D or D itself.
+     * <li>R is either protected or has default access (that is,
+     *     neither public nor protected nor private), and is declared
+     *     by a class in the same runtime package as D.
+     * <li>R is private and is declared in D.
+     * </ul>
+     * This discussion of access control omits a related restriction
+     * on the target of a protected field access or method invocation
+     * (the target must be of class D or a subtype of D). That
+     * requirement is checked as part of the verification process
+     * (5.4.1); it is not part of link-time access control.
+     * @param refc the class used in the symbolic reference to the proposed member
+     * @param defc the class in which the proposed member is actually defined
+     * @param mods modifier flags for the proposed member
+     * @param lookupClass the class for which the access check is being made
+     * @return true iff the the accessing class can access such a member
+     */
+    public static boolean isMemberAccessible(Class<?> refc,  // symbolic ref class
+                                             Class<?> defc,  // actual def class
+                                             int      mods,  // actual member mods
+                                             Class<?> lookupClass,
+                                             int      allowedModes) {
+        if (allowedModes == 0)  return false;
+        assert((allowedModes & PUBLIC) != 0 &&
+               (allowedModes & ~(ALL_ACCESS_MODES|PACKAGE_ALLOWED)) == 0);
+        // The symbolic reference class (refc) must always be fully verified.
+        if (!isClassAccessible(refc, lookupClass, allowedModes)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // Usually refc and defc are the same, but verify defc also in case they differ.
+        if (defc == lookupClass &&
+            (allowedModes & PRIVATE) != 0)
+            return true;        // easy check; all self-access is OK
+        switch (mods & ALL_ACCESS_MODES) {
+        case PUBLIC:
+            return true;  // already checked above
+        case PROTECTED:
+            assert !defc.isInterface(); // protected members aren't allowed in interfaces
+            if ((allowedModes & PROTECTED_OR_PACKAGE_ALLOWED) != 0 &&
+                isSamePackage(defc, lookupClass))
+                return true;
+            if ((allowedModes & PROTECTED) == 0)
+                return false;
+            // Protected members are accessible by subclasses, which does not include interfaces.
+            // Interfaces are types, not classes. They should not have access to
+            // protected members in j.l.Object, even though it is their superclass.
+            if ((mods & STATIC) != 0 &&
+                !isRelatedClass(refc, lookupClass))
+                return false;
+            if ((allowedModes & PROTECTED) != 0 &&
+                isSubClass(lookupClass, defc))
+                return true;
+            return false;
+        case PACKAGE_ONLY:  // That is, zero.  Unmarked member is package-only access.
+            assert !defc.isInterface(); // package-private members aren't allowed in interfaces
+            return ((allowedModes & PACKAGE_ALLOWED) != 0 &&
+                    isSamePackage(defc, lookupClass));
+        case PRIVATE:
+            // Loosened rules for privates follows access rules for inner classes.
+            return (ALLOW_NESTMATE_ACCESS &&
+                    (allowedModes & PRIVATE) != 0 &&
+                    isSamePackageMember(defc, lookupClass));
+        default:
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("bad modifiers: "+Modifier.toString(mods));
+        }
+    }
+
+    static boolean isRelatedClass(Class<?> refc, Class<?> lookupClass) {
+        return (refc == lookupClass ||
+                isSubClass(refc, lookupClass) ||
+                isSubClass(lookupClass, refc));
+    }
+
+    static boolean isSubClass(Class<?> lookupClass, Class<?> defc) {
+        return defc.isAssignableFrom(lookupClass) &&
+               !lookupClass.isInterface(); // interfaces are types, not classes.
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluate the JVM linkage rules for access to the given class on behalf of caller.
+     * <h3>JVM Specification, 5.4.4 "Access Control"</h3>
+     * A class or interface C is accessible to a class or interface D
+     * if and only if either of the following conditions are true:<ul>
+     * <li>C is public.
+     * <li>C and D are members of the same runtime package.
+     * </ul>
+     * @param refc the symbolic reference class to which access is being checked (C)
+     * @param lookupClass the class performing the lookup (D)
+     */
+    public static boolean isClassAccessible(Class<?> refc, Class<?> lookupClass,
+                                            int allowedModes) {
+        if (allowedModes == 0)  return false;
+        // Android-changed: Use public APIs to figure out whether a class
+        // is public or not.
+        if (Modifier.isPublic(refc.getModifiers()))
+            return true;
+        if ((allowedModes & PACKAGE_ALLOWED) != 0 &&
+            isSamePackage(lookupClass, refc))
+            return true;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decide if the given method type, attributed to a member or symbolic
+     * reference of a given reference class, is really visible to that class.
+     * @param type the supposed type of a member or symbolic reference of refc
+     * @param refc the class attempting to make the reference
+     */
+    public static boolean isTypeVisible(Class<?> type, Class<?> refc) {
+        if (type == refc)  return true;  // easy check
+        while (type.isArray())  type = type.getComponentType();
+        if (type.isPrimitive() || type == Object.class)  return true;
+        ClassLoader parent = type.getClassLoader();
+        if (parent == null)  return true;
+        ClassLoader child  = refc.getClassLoader();
+        if (child == null)  return false;
+        if (parent == child || loadersAreRelated(parent, child, true))
+            return true;
+        // Do it the hard way:  Look up the type name from the refc loader.
+        try {
+            Class<?> res = child.loadClass(type.getName());
+            return (type == res);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decide if the given method type, attributed to a member or symbolic
+     * reference of a given reference class, is really visible to that class.
+     * @param type the supposed type of a member or symbolic reference of refc
+     * @param refc the class attempting to make the reference
+     */
+    public static boolean isTypeVisible(java.lang.invoke.MethodType type, Class<?> refc) {
+        for (int n = -1, max = type.parameterCount(); n < max; n++) {
+            Class<?> ptype = (n < 0 ? type.returnType() : type.parameterType(n));
+            if (!isTypeVisible(ptype, refc))
+                return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test if two classes have the same class loader and package qualifier.
+     * @param class1 a class
+     * @param class2 another class
+     * @return whether they are in the same package
+     */
+    public static boolean isSamePackage(Class<?> class1, Class<?> class2) {
+        // Android-changed: Throw IAE (instead of asserting) if called with array classes.
+        if (class1.isArray() || class2.isArray()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+
+        if (class1 == class2)
+            return true;
+        if (class1.getClassLoader() != class2.getClassLoader())
+            return false;
+        String name1 = class1.getName(), name2 = class2.getName();
+        int dot = name1.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if (dot != name2.lastIndexOf('.'))
+            return false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < dot; i++) {
+            if (name1.charAt(i) != name2.charAt(i))
+                return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /** Return the package name for this class.
+     */
+    public static String getPackageName(Class<?> cls) {
+        assert(!cls.isArray());
+        String name = cls.getName();
+        int dot = name.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if (dot < 0)  return "";
+        return name.substring(0, dot);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test if two classes are defined as part of the same package member (top-level class).
+     * If this is true, they can share private access with each other.
+     * @param class1 a class
+     * @param class2 another class
+     * @return whether they are identical or nested together
+     */
+    public static boolean isSamePackageMember(Class<?> class1, Class<?> class2) {
+        if (class1 == class2)
+            return true;
+        if (!isSamePackage(class1, class2))
+            return false;
+        if (getOutermostEnclosingClass(class1) != getOutermostEnclosingClass(class2))
+            return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static Class<?> getOutermostEnclosingClass(Class<?> c) {
+        Class<?> pkgmem = c;
+        for (Class<?> enc = c; (enc = enc.getEnclosingClass()) != null; )
+            pkgmem = enc;
+        return pkgmem;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean loadersAreRelated(ClassLoader loader1, ClassLoader loader2,
+                                             boolean loader1MustBeParent) {
+        if (loader1 == loader2 || loader1 == null
+                || (loader2 == null && !loader1MustBeParent)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        for (ClassLoader scan2 = loader2;
+                scan2 != null; scan2 = scan2.getParent()) {
+            if (scan2 == loader1)  return true;
+        }
+        if (loader1MustBeParent)  return false;
+        // see if loader2 is a parent of loader1:
+        for (ClassLoader scan1 = loader1;
+                scan1 != null; scan1 = scan1.getParent()) {
+            if (scan1 == loader2)  return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Is the class loader of parentClass identical to, or an ancestor of,
+     * the class loader of childClass?
+     * @param parentClass a class
+     * @param childClass another class, which may be a descendent of the first class
+     * @return whether parentClass precedes or equals childClass in class loader order
+     */
+    public static boolean classLoaderIsAncestor(Class<?> parentClass, Class<?> childClass) {
+        return loadersAreRelated(parentClass.getClassLoader(), childClass.getClassLoader(), true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openjdk_java_files.mk b/openjdk_java_files.mk
index bf4126a..9c10a2e 100644
--- a/openjdk_java_files.mk
+++ b/openjdk_java_files.mk
@@ -1163,6 +1163,7 @@
     ojluni/src/main/java/sun/misc/FloatingDecimal.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/LambdaConversionException.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.java \
+    ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleInfo.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleStatics.java \
@@ -1187,6 +1188,7 @@
     ojluni/src/main/java/sun/invoke/empty/Empty.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/sun/invoke/util/BytecodeDescriptor.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/sun/invoke/util/Wrapper.java \
+    ojluni/src/main/java/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccess.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/sun/misc/ASCIICaseInsensitiveComparator.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/sun/misc/BASE64Decoder.java \
     ojluni/src/main/java/sun/misc/BASE64Encoder.java \
@@ -1625,9 +1627,9 @@
 openjdk_lambda_stub_files := \
     ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/CallSite.java \
     ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/LambdaMetafactory.java \
-    ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java \
     ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/SerializedLambda.java
 openjdk_lambda_duplicate_stub_files := \
+    ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java \
     ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/LambdaConversionException.java \
     ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.java \
     ojluni/src/lambda/java/java/lang/invoke/MethodType.java \