src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleNatives.java

*** 446,456 ****
              return defc == java.lang.Class.class;
          case "getConnection":
          case "getDriver":
          case "getDrivers":
          case "deregisterDriver":
!             return defc == java.sql.DriverManager.class;
          case "newUpdater":
              if (defc == java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.class)  return true;
              if (defc == java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLongFieldUpdater.class)  return true;
              if (defc == java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater.class)  return true;
              break;
--- 446,456 ----
              return defc == java.lang.Class.class;
          case "getConnection":
          case "getDriver":
          case "getDrivers":
          case "deregisterDriver":
!             return defc == getClass("java.sql.DriverManager");
          case "newUpdater":
              if (defc == java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.class)  return true;
              if (defc == java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLongFieldUpdater.class)  return true;
              if (defc == java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater.class)  return true;
              break;
*** 480,485 ****
--- 480,495 ----
          case "clearCache":
              return defc == java.util.ResourceBundle.class;
          }
          return false;
      }
+ 
+     // avoid static dependency to a class in other modules
+     private static Class<?> getClass(String cn) {
+         try {
+             return Class.forName(cn, false,
+                                  MethodHandleNatives.class.getClassLoader());
+         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+             throw new InternalError(e);
+         }
+     }
  }