src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java

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           *                                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 {
!             checkSpecialCaller(specialCaller, null);
              Lookup specialLookup = this.in(specialCaller);
              MemberName method = new MemberName(m, true);
              assert(method.isMethod());
              // ignore m.isAccessible:  this is a new kind of access
              return specialLookup.getDirectMethodNoSecurityManager(REF_invokeSpecial, method.getDeclaringClass(), method, findBoundCallerClass(method));
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           *                                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 {
!             checkSpecialCaller(specialCaller, m.getDeclaringClass());
              Lookup specialLookup = this.in(specialCaller);
              MemberName method = new MemberName(m, true);
              assert(method.isMethod());
              // ignore m.isAccessible:  this is a new kind of access
              return specialLookup.getDirectMethodNoSecurityManager(REF_invokeSpecial, method.getDeclaringClass(), method, findBoundCallerClass(method));