--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java	2016-01-14 12:17:31.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java	2016-01-14 12:17:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2016, 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
@@ -3120,6 +3120,8 @@
                                 MethodHandle handler) {
         MethodType ttype = target.type();
         MethodType htype = handler.type();
+        if (!Throwable.class.isAssignableFrom(exType))
+            throw new ClassCastException(exType.getName());
         if (htype.parameterCount() < 1 ||
             !htype.parameterType(0).isAssignableFrom(exType))
             throw newIllegalArgumentException("handler does not accept exception type "+exType);
--- /dev/null	2016-01-14 12:17:33.000000000 +0100
+++ new/test/java/lang/invoke/8147078/Test8147078.java	2016-01-14 12:17:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 8147078
+ * @run testng/othervm -ea -esa Test8147078
+ */
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.methodType;
+
+import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.*;
+
+public class Test8147078 {
+
+    static int target(int x) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("ieps");
+    }
+
+    static int handler(String s, int x) {
+        return 4*x;
+    }
+
+    static final MethodHandle MH_target;
+    static final MethodHandle MH_handler;
+    static final MethodHandle MH_catchException;
+
+    static final MethodHandles.Lookup LOOKUP = MethodHandles.lookup();
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            Class<Test8147078> C = Test8147078.class;
+            MH_target = LOOKUP.findStatic(C, "target", methodType(int.class, int.class));
+            MH_handler = LOOKUP.findStatic(C, "handler", methodType(int.class, String.class, int.class));
+            MH_catchException = LOOKUP.findStatic(MethodHandles.class, "catchException",
+                    methodType(MethodHandle.class, MethodHandle.class, Class.class, MethodHandle.class));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoExceptionType() {
+        boolean caught = false;
+        try {
+            MethodHandle eek = (MethodHandle) MH_catchException.invoke(MH_target, String.class, MH_handler);
+        } catch (ClassCastException cce) {
+            assertEquals("java.lang.String", cce.getMessage());
+            caught = true;
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            fail("unexpected exception caught: " + t);
+        }
+        assertTrue(caught);
+    }
+
+}
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