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

@@ -3764,10 +3764,11 @@
      * <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.
+     * The filter functions are invoked in left to right order.
      * <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.

@@ -3834,15 +3835,16 @@
      */
     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;
+        // process filters in reverse order so that the invocation of
+        // the resulting adapter will invoke the filters in left-to-right order
+        for (int i = filters.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+            MethodHandle filter = filters[i];
             if (filter == null)  continue;  // ignore null elements of filters
-            adapter = filterArgument(adapter, curPos, filter);
+            adapter = filterArgument(adapter, pos + i, filter);
         }
         return adapter;
     }
 
     /*non-public*/ static