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  25 
  26 package java.lang.invoke;
  27 
  28 import sun.invoke.util.Wrapper;
  29 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
  30 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
  31 import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
  32 import java.util.Arrays;
  33 import java.util.Collections;
  34 import java.util.List;
  35 import java.util.Objects;
  36 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
  37 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
  38 import sun.invoke.util.BytecodeDescriptor;
  39 import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleStatics.*;
  40 import sun.invoke.util.VerifyType;
  41 
  42 /**
  43  * A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and
  44  * returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed
  45  * and expected  by a method handle caller.  Method types must be properly
  46  * matched between a method handle and all its callers,
  47  * and the JVM's operations enforce this matching at, specifically
  48  * during calls to {@link MethodHandle#invokeExact MethodHandle.invokeExact}
  49  * and {@link MethodHandle#invoke MethodHandle.invoke}, and during execution
  50  * of {@code invokedynamic} instructions.
  51  * <p>
  52  * The structure is a return type accompanied by any number of parameter types.
  53  * The types (primitive, {@code void}, and reference) are represented by {@link Class} objects.
  54  * (For ease of exposition, we treat {@code void} as if it were a type.
  55  * In fact, it denotes the absence of a return type.)
  56  * <p>
  57  * All instances of {@code MethodType} are immutable.
  58  * Two instances are completely interchangeable if they compare equal.
  59  * Equality depends on pairwise correspondence of the return and parameter types and on nothing else.
  60  * <p>
  61  * This type can be created only by factory methods.
  62  * All factory methods may cache values, though caching is not guaranteed.
  63  * Some factory methods are static, while others are virtual methods which
  64  * modify precursor method types, e.g., by changing a selected parameter.
  65  * <p>
  66  * Factory methods which operate on groups of parameter types
  67  * are systematically presented in two versions, so that both Java arrays and
  68  * Java lists can be used to work with groups of parameter types.
  69  * The query methods {@code parameterArray} and {@code parameterList}
  70  * also provide a choice between arrays and lists.
  71  * <p>
  72  * {@code MethodType} objects are sometimes derived from bytecode instructions
  73  * such as {@code invokedynamic}, specifically from the type descriptor strings associated
  74  * with the instructions in a class file's constant pool.
  75  * <p>
  76  * Like classes and strings, method types can also be represented directly
  77  * in a class file's constant pool as constants.
  78  * A method type may be loaded by an {@code ldc} instruction which refers
  79  * to a suitable {@code CONSTANT_MethodType} constant pool entry.
  80  * The entry refers to a {@code CONSTANT_Utf8} spelling for the descriptor string.
  81  * (For full details on method type constants,
  82  * see sections 4.4.8 and 5.4.3.5 of the Java Virtual Machine Specification.)
  83  * <p>
  84  * When the JVM materializes a {@code MethodType} from a descriptor string,
  85  * all classes named in the descriptor must be accessible, and will be loaded.
  86  * (But the classes need not be initialized, as is the case with a {@code CONSTANT_Class}.)
  87  * This loading may occur at any time before the {@code MethodType} object is first derived.
  88  * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
  89  */
  90 public final
  91 class MethodType implements java.io.Serializable {
  92     private static final long serialVersionUID = 292L;  // {rtype, {ptype...}}
  93 
  94     // The rtype and ptypes fields define the structural identity of the method type:
  95     private final Class<?>   rtype;
  96     private final Class<?>[] ptypes;
  97 
  98     // The remaining fields are caches of various sorts:
  99     private @Stable MethodTypeForm form; // erased form, plus cached data about primitives
 100     private @Stable MethodType wrapAlt;  // alternative wrapped/unwrapped version
 101     private @Stable Invokers invokers;   // cache of handy higher-order adapters
 102     private @Stable String methodDescriptor;  // cache for toMethodDescriptorString
 103 
 104     /**
 105      * Check the given parameters for validity and store them into the final fields.
 106      */
 107     private MethodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes, boolean trusted) {
 108         checkRtype(rtype);
 109         checkPtypes(ptypes);
 110         this.rtype = rtype;
 111         // defensively copy the array passed in by the user
 112         this.ptypes = trusted ? ptypes : Arrays.copyOf(ptypes, ptypes.length);
 113     }
 114 
 115     /**
 116      * Construct a temporary unchecked instance of MethodType for use only as a key to the intern table.
 117      * Does not check the given parameters for validity, and must be discarded after it is used as a searching key.
 118      * The parameters are reversed for this constructor, so that is is not accidentally used.
 119      */
 120     private MethodType(Class<?>[] ptypes, Class<?> rtype) {
 121         this.rtype = rtype;
 122         this.ptypes = ptypes;
 123     }
 124 
 125     /*trusted*/ MethodTypeForm form() { return form; }
 126     /*trusted*/ Class<?> rtype() { return rtype; }
 127     /*trusted*/ Class<?>[] ptypes() { return ptypes; }
 128 
 129     void setForm(MethodTypeForm f) { form = f; }
 130 
 131     /** This number, mandated by the JVM spec as 255,
 132      *  is the maximum number of <em>slots</em>
 133      *  that any Java method can receive in its argument list.
 134      *  It limits both JVM signatures and method type objects.
 135      *  The longest possible invocation will look like
 136      *  {@code staticMethod(arg1, arg2, ..., arg255)} or
 137      *  {@code x.virtualMethod(arg1, arg2, ..., arg254)}.
 138      */
 139     /*non-public*/ static final int MAX_JVM_ARITY = 255;  // this is mandated by the JVM spec.
 140 
 141     /** This number is the maximum arity of a method handle, 254.
 142      *  It is derived from the absolute JVM-imposed arity by subtracting one,
 143      *  which is the slot occupied by the method handle itself at the
 144      *  beginning of the argument list used to invoke the method handle.
 145      *  The longest possible invocation will look like
 146      *  {@code mh.invoke(arg1, arg2, ..., arg254)}.
 147      */
 148     // Issue:  Should we allow MH.invokeWithArguments to go to the full 255?
 149     /*non-public*/ static final int MAX_MH_ARITY = MAX_JVM_ARITY-1;  // deduct one for mh receiver
 150 
 151     /** This number is the maximum arity of a method handle invoker, 253.
 152      *  It is derived from the absolute JVM-imposed arity by subtracting two,
 153      *  which are the slots occupied by invoke method handle, and the
 154      *  target method handle, which are both at the beginning of the argument
 155      *  list used to invoke the target method handle.
 156      *  The longest possible invocation will look like
 157      *  {@code invokermh.invoke(targetmh, arg1, arg2, ..., arg253)}.
 158      */
 159     /*non-public*/ static final int MAX_MH_INVOKER_ARITY = MAX_MH_ARITY-1;  // deduct one more for invoker
 160 
 161     private static void checkRtype(Class<?> rtype) {
 162         Objects.requireNonNull(rtype);
 163     }
 164     private static void checkPtype(Class<?> ptype) {
 165         Objects.requireNonNull(ptype);
 166         if (ptype == void.class)
 167             throw newIllegalArgumentException("parameter type cannot be void");
 168     }
 169     /** Return number of extra slots (count of long/double args). */
 170     private static int checkPtypes(Class<?>[] ptypes) {
 171         int slots = 0;
 172         for (Class<?> ptype : ptypes) {
 173             checkPtype(ptype);
 174             if (ptype == double.class || ptype == long.class) {
 175                 slots++;
 176             }
 177         }
 178         checkSlotCount(ptypes.length + slots);
 179         return slots;
 180     }
 181     static void checkSlotCount(int count) {
 182         assert((MAX_JVM_ARITY & (MAX_JVM_ARITY+1)) == 0);
 183         // MAX_JVM_ARITY must be power of 2 minus 1 for following code trick to work:
 184         if ((count & MAX_JVM_ARITY) != count)
 185             throw newIllegalArgumentException("bad parameter count "+count);
 186     }
 187     private static IndexOutOfBoundsException newIndexOutOfBoundsException(Object num) {
 188         if (num instanceof Integer)  num = "bad index: "+num;
 189         return new IndexOutOfBoundsException(num.toString());
 190     }
 191 
 192     static final ConcurrentWeakInternSet<MethodType> internTable = new ConcurrentWeakInternSet<>();
 193 
 194     static final Class<?>[] NO_PTYPES = {};
 195 
 196     /**
 197      * Finds or creates an instance of the given method type.
 198      * @param rtype  the return type
 199      * @param ptypes the parameter types
 200      * @return a method type with the given components
 201      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is null
 202      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypes} is {@code void.class}
 203      */
 204     public static
 205     MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes) {
 206         return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes, false);
 207     }
 208 
 209     /**
 210      * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
 211      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 212      * @param rtype  the return type
 213      * @param ptypes the parameter types
 214      * @return a method type with the given components
 215      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is null
 216      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypes} is {@code void.class}
 217      */
 218     public static
 219     MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, List<Class<?>> ptypes) {
 220         boolean notrust = false;  // random List impl. could return evil ptypes array
 221         return makeImpl(rtype, listToArray(ptypes), notrust);
 222     }
 223 
 224     private static Class<?>[] listToArray(List<Class<?>> ptypes) {
 225         // sanity check the size before the toArray call, since size might be huge
 226         checkSlotCount(ptypes.size());
 227         return ptypes.toArray(NO_PTYPES);
 228     }
 229 
 230     /**
 231      * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
 232      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 233      * The leading parameter type is prepended to the remaining array.
 234      * @param rtype  the return type
 235      * @param ptype0 the first parameter type
 236      * @param ptypes the remaining parameter types
 237      * @return a method type with the given components
 238      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptype0} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is null
 239      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code ptype0} or {@code ptypes} or any element of {@code ptypes} is {@code void.class}
 240      */
 241     public static
 242     MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?> ptype0, Class<?>... ptypes) {
 243         Class<?>[] ptypes1 = new Class<?>[1+ptypes.length];
 244         ptypes1[0] = ptype0;
 245         System.arraycopy(ptypes, 0, ptypes1, 1, ptypes.length);
 246         return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes1, true);
 247     }
 248 
 249     /**
 250      * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
 251      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 252      * The resulting method has no parameter types.
 253      * @param rtype  the return type
 254      * @return a method type with the given return value
 255      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} is null
 256      */
 257     public static
 258     MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype) {
 259         return makeImpl(rtype, NO_PTYPES, true);
 260     }
 261 
 262     /**
 263      * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
 264      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 265      * The resulting method has the single given parameter type.
 266      * @param rtype  the return type
 267      * @param ptype0 the parameter type
 268      * @return a method type with the given return value and parameter type
 269      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptype0} is null
 270      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code ptype0} is {@code void.class}
 271      */
 272     public static
 273     MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, Class<?> ptype0) {
 274         return makeImpl(rtype, new Class<?>[]{ ptype0 }, true);
 275     }
 276 
 277     /**
 278      * Finds or creates a method type with the given components.
 279      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 280      * The resulting method has the same parameter types as {@code ptypes},
 281      * and the specified return type.
 282      * @param rtype  the return type
 283      * @param ptypes the method type which supplies the parameter types
 284      * @return a method type with the given components
 285      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rtype} or {@code ptypes} is null
 286      */
 287     public static
 288     MethodType methodType(Class<?> rtype, MethodType ptypes) {
 289         return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes.ptypes, true);
 290     }
 291 
 292     /**
 293      * Sole factory method to find or create an interned method type.
 294      * @param rtype desired return type
 295      * @param ptypes desired parameter types
 296      * @param trusted whether the ptypes can be used without cloning
 297      * @return the unique method type of the desired structure
 298      */
 299     /*trusted*/ static
 300     MethodType makeImpl(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes, boolean trusted) {
 301         MethodType mt = internTable.get(new MethodType(ptypes, rtype));
 302         if (mt != null)
 303             return mt;
 304         if (ptypes.length == 0) {
 305             ptypes = NO_PTYPES; trusted = true;
 306         }
 307         mt = new MethodType(rtype, ptypes, trusted);
 308         // promote the object to the Real Thing, and reprobe
 309         mt.form = MethodTypeForm.findForm(mt);
 310         return internTable.add(mt);
 311     }
 312     private static final MethodType[] objectOnlyTypes = new MethodType[20];
 313 
 314     /**
 315      * Finds or creates a method type whose components are {@code Object} with an optional trailing {@code Object[]} array.
 316      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 317      * All parameters and the return type will be {@code Object},
 318      * except the final array parameter if any, which will be {@code Object[]}.
 319      * @param objectArgCount number of parameters (excluding the final array parameter if any)
 320      * @param finalArray whether there will be a trailing array parameter, of type {@code Object[]}
 321      * @return a generally applicable method type, for all calls of the given fixed argument count and a collected array of further arguments
 322      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code objectArgCount} is negative or greater than 255 (or 254, if {@code finalArray} is true)
 323      * @see #genericMethodType(int)
 324      */
 325     public static
 326     MethodType genericMethodType(int objectArgCount, boolean finalArray) {
 327         MethodType mt;
 328         checkSlotCount(objectArgCount);
 329         int ivarargs = (!finalArray ? 0 : 1);
 330         int ootIndex = objectArgCount*2 + ivarargs;
 331         if (ootIndex < objectOnlyTypes.length) {
 332             mt = objectOnlyTypes[ootIndex];
 333             if (mt != null)  return mt;
 334         }
 335         Class<?>[] ptypes = new Class<?>[objectArgCount + ivarargs];
 336         Arrays.fill(ptypes, Object.class);
 337         if (ivarargs != 0)  ptypes[objectArgCount] = Object[].class;
 338         mt = makeImpl(Object.class, ptypes, true);
 339         if (ootIndex < objectOnlyTypes.length) {
 340             objectOnlyTypes[ootIndex] = mt;     // cache it here also!
 341         }
 342         return mt;
 343     }
 344 
 345     /**
 346      * Finds or creates a method type whose components are all {@code Object}.
 347      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 348      * All parameters and the return type will be Object.
 349      * @param objectArgCount number of parameters
 350      * @return a generally applicable method type, for all calls of the given argument count
 351      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code objectArgCount} is negative or greater than 255
 352      * @see #genericMethodType(int, boolean)
 353      */
 354     public static
 355     MethodType genericMethodType(int objectArgCount) {
 356         return genericMethodType(objectArgCount, false);
 357     }
 358 
 359     /**
 360      * Finds or creates a method type with a single different parameter type.
 361      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 362      * @param num    the index (zero-based) of the parameter type to change
 363      * @param nptype a new parameter type to replace the old one with
 364      * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter changed
 365      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is not a valid index into {@code parameterArray()}
 366      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code nptype} is {@code void.class}
 367      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code nptype} is null
 368      */
 369     public MethodType changeParameterType(int num, Class<?> nptype) {
 370         if (parameterType(num) == nptype)  return this;
 371         checkPtype(nptype);
 372         Class<?>[] nptypes = ptypes.clone();
 373         nptypes[num] = nptype;
 374         return makeImpl(rtype, nptypes, true);
 375     }
 376 
 377     /**
 378      * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
 379      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 380      * @param num    the position (zero-based) of the inserted parameter type(s)
 381      * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert into the parameter list
 382      * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) inserted
 383      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
 384      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
 385      *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
 386      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
 387      */
 388     public MethodType insertParameterTypes(int num, Class<?>... ptypesToInsert) {
 389         int len = ptypes.length;
 390         if (num < 0 || num > len)
 391             throw newIndexOutOfBoundsException(num);
 392         int ins = checkPtypes(ptypesToInsert);
 393         checkSlotCount(parameterSlotCount() + ptypesToInsert.length + ins);
 394         int ilen = ptypesToInsert.length;
 395         if (ilen == 0)  return this;
 396         Class<?>[] nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, 0, len+ilen);
 397         System.arraycopy(nptypes, num, nptypes, num+ilen, len-num);
 398         System.arraycopy(ptypesToInsert, 0, nptypes, num, ilen);
 399         return makeImpl(rtype, nptypes, true);
 400     }
 401 
 402     /**
 403      * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
 404      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 405      * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert after the end of the parameter list
 406      * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) appended
 407      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
 408      *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
 409      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
 410      */
 411     public MethodType appendParameterTypes(Class<?>... ptypesToInsert) {
 412         return insertParameterTypes(parameterCount(), ptypesToInsert);
 413     }
 414 
 415     /**
 416      * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
 417      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 418      * @param num    the position (zero-based) of the inserted parameter type(s)
 419      * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert into the parameter list
 420      * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) inserted
 421      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
 422      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
 423      *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
 424      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
 425      */
 426     public MethodType insertParameterTypes(int num, List<Class<?>> ptypesToInsert) {
 427         return insertParameterTypes(num, listToArray(ptypesToInsert));
 428     }
 429 
 430     /**
 431      * Finds or creates a method type with additional parameter types.
 432      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 433      * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert after the end of the parameter list
 434      * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) appended
 435      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
 436      *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
 437      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
 438      */
 439     public MethodType appendParameterTypes(List<Class<?>> ptypesToInsert) {
 440         return insertParameterTypes(parameterCount(), ptypesToInsert);
 441     }
 442 
 443      /**
 444      * Finds or creates a method type with modified parameter types.
 445      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 446      * @param start  the position (zero-based) of the first replaced parameter type(s)
 447      * @param end    the position (zero-based) after the last replaced parameter type(s)
 448      * @param ptypesToInsert zero or more new parameter types to insert into the parameter list
 449      * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) replaced
 450      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code start} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
 451      *                                  or if {@code end} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
 452      *                                  or if {@code start} is greater than {@code end}
 453      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any element of {@code ptypesToInsert} is {@code void.class}
 454      *                                  or if the resulting method type would have more than 255 parameter slots
 455      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ptypesToInsert} or any of its elements is null
 456      */
 457     /*non-public*/ MethodType replaceParameterTypes(int start, int end, Class<?>... ptypesToInsert) {
 458         if (start == end)
 459             return insertParameterTypes(start, ptypesToInsert);
 460         int len = ptypes.length;
 461         if (!(0 <= start && start <= end && end <= len))
 462             throw newIndexOutOfBoundsException("start="+start+" end="+end);
 463         int ilen = ptypesToInsert.length;
 464         if (ilen == 0)
 465             return dropParameterTypes(start, end);
 466         return dropParameterTypes(start, end).insertParameterTypes(start, ptypesToInsert);
 467     }
 468 
 469     /**
 470      * Finds or creates a method type with some parameter types omitted.
 471      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 472      * @param start  the index (zero-based) of the first parameter type to remove
 473      * @param end    the index (greater than {@code start}) of the first parameter type after not to remove
 474      * @return the same type, except with the selected parameter(s) removed
 475      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code start} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
 476      *                                  or if {@code end} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
 477      *                                  or if {@code start} is greater than {@code end}
 478      */
 479     public MethodType dropParameterTypes(int start, int end) {
 480         int len = ptypes.length;
 481         if (!(0 <= start && start <= end && end <= len))
 482             throw newIndexOutOfBoundsException("start="+start+" end="+end);
 483         if (start == end)  return this;
 484         Class<?>[] nptypes;
 485         if (start == 0) {
 486             if (end == len) {
 487                 // drop all parameters
 488                 nptypes = NO_PTYPES;
 489             } else {
 490                 // drop initial parameter(s)
 491                 nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, end, len);
 492             }
 493         } else {
 494             if (end == len) {
 495                 // drop trailing parameter(s)
 496                 nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, 0, start);
 497             } else {
 498                 int tail = len - end;
 499                 nptypes = Arrays.copyOfRange(ptypes, 0, start + tail);
 500                 System.arraycopy(ptypes, end, nptypes, start, tail);
 501             }
 502         }
 503         return makeImpl(rtype, nptypes, true);
 504     }
 505 
 506     /**
 507      * Finds or creates a method type with a different return type.
 508      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 509      * @param nrtype a return parameter type to replace the old one with
 510      * @return the same type, except with the return type change
 511      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code nrtype} is null
 512      */
 513     public MethodType changeReturnType(Class<?> nrtype) {
 514         if (returnType() == nrtype)  return this;
 515         return makeImpl(nrtype, ptypes, true);
 516     }
 517 
 518     /**
 519      * Reports if this type contains a primitive argument or return value.
 520      * The return type {@code void} counts as a primitive.
 521      * @return true if any of the types are primitives
 522      */
 523     public boolean hasPrimitives() {
 524         return form.hasPrimitives();
 525     }
 526 
 527     /**
 528      * Reports if this type contains a wrapper argument or return value.
 529      * Wrappers are types which box primitive values, such as {@link Integer}.
 530      * The reference type {@code java.lang.Void} counts as a wrapper,
 531      * if it occurs as a return type.
 532      * @return true if any of the types are wrappers
 533      */
 534     public boolean hasWrappers() {
 535         return unwrap() != this;
 536     }
 537 
 538     /**
 539      * Erases all reference types to {@code Object}.
 540      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 541      * All primitive types (including {@code void}) will remain unchanged.
 542      * @return a version of the original type with all reference types replaced
 543      */
 544     public MethodType erase() {
 545         return form.erasedType();
 546     }
 547 
 548     /**
 549      * Erases all reference types to {@code Object}, and all subword types to {@code int}.
 550      * This is the reduced type polymorphism used by private methods
 551      * such as {@link MethodHandle#invokeBasic invokeBasic}.
 552      * @return a version of the original type with all reference and subword types replaced
 553      */
 554     /*non-public*/ MethodType basicType() {
 555         return form.basicType();
 556     }
 557 
 558     /**
 559      * @return a version of the original type with MethodHandle prepended as the first argument
 560      */
 561     /*non-public*/ MethodType invokerType() {
 562         return insertParameterTypes(0, MethodHandle.class);
 563     }
 564 
 565     /**
 566      * Converts all types, both reference and primitive, to {@code Object}.
 567      * Convenience method for {@link #genericMethodType(int) genericMethodType}.
 568      * The expression {@code type.wrap().erase()} produces the same value
 569      * as {@code type.generic()}.
 570      * @return a version of the original type with all types replaced
 571      */
 572     public MethodType generic() {
 573         return genericMethodType(parameterCount());
 574     }
 575 
 576     /**
 577      * Converts all primitive types to their corresponding wrapper types.
 578      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 579      * All reference types (including wrapper types) will remain unchanged.
 580      * A {@code void} return type is changed to the type {@code java.lang.Void}.
 581      * The expression {@code type.wrap().erase()} produces the same value
 582      * as {@code type.generic()}.
 583      * @return a version of the original type with all primitive types replaced
 584      */
 585     public MethodType wrap() {
 586         return hasPrimitives() ? wrapWithPrims(this) : this;
 587     }
 588 
 589     /**
 590      * Converts all wrapper types to their corresponding primitive types.
 591      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 592      * All primitive types (including {@code void}) will remain unchanged.
 593      * A return type of {@code java.lang.Void} is changed to {@code void}.
 594      * @return a version of the original type with all wrapper types replaced
 595      */
 596     public MethodType unwrap() {
 597         MethodType noprims = !hasPrimitives() ? this : wrapWithPrims(this);
 598         return unwrapWithNoPrims(noprims);
 599     }
 600 
 601     private static MethodType wrapWithPrims(MethodType pt) {
 602         assert(pt.hasPrimitives());
 603         MethodType wt = pt.wrapAlt;
 604         if (wt == null) {
 605             // fill in lazily
 606             wt = MethodTypeForm.canonicalize(pt, MethodTypeForm.WRAP, MethodTypeForm.WRAP);
 607             assert(wt != null);
 608             pt.wrapAlt = wt;
 609         }
 610         return wt;
 611     }
 612 
 613     private static MethodType unwrapWithNoPrims(MethodType wt) {
 614         assert(!wt.hasPrimitives());
 615         MethodType uwt = wt.wrapAlt;
 616         if (uwt == null) {
 617             // fill in lazily
 618             uwt = MethodTypeForm.canonicalize(wt, MethodTypeForm.UNWRAP, MethodTypeForm.UNWRAP);
 619             if (uwt == null)
 620                 uwt = wt;    // type has no wrappers or prims at all
 621             wt.wrapAlt = uwt;
 622         }
 623         return uwt;
 624     }
 625 
 626     /**
 627      * Returns the parameter type at the specified index, within this method type.
 628      * @param num the index (zero-based) of the desired parameter type
 629      * @return the selected parameter type
 630      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code num} is not a valid index into {@code parameterArray()}
 631      */
 632     public Class<?> parameterType(int num) {
 633         return ptypes[num];
 634     }
 635     /**
 636      * Returns the number of parameter types in this method type.
 637      * @return the number of parameter types
 638      */
 639     public int parameterCount() {
 640         return ptypes.length;
 641     }
 642     /**
 643      * Returns the return type of this method type.
 644      * @return the return type
 645      */
 646     public Class<?> returnType() {
 647         return rtype;
 648     }
 649 
 650     /**
 651      * Presents the parameter types as a list (a convenience method).
 652      * The list will be immutable.
 653      * @return the parameter types (as an immutable list)
 654      */
 655     public List<Class<?>> parameterList() {
 656         return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(ptypes));
 657     }
 658 
 659     /*non-public*/ Class<?> lastParameterType() {
 660         int len = ptypes.length;
 661         return len == 0 ? void.class : ptypes[len-1];
 662     }
 663 
 664     /**
 665      * Presents the parameter types as an array (a convenience method).
 666      * Changes to the array will not result in changes to the type.
 667      * @return the parameter types (as a fresh copy if necessary)
 668      */
 669     public Class<?>[] parameterArray() {
 670         return ptypes.clone();
 671     }
 672 
 673     /**
 674      * Compares the specified object with this type for equality.
 675      * That is, it returns <tt>true</tt> if and only if the specified object
 676      * is also a method type with exactly the same parameters and return type.
 677      * @param x object to compare
 678      * @see Object#equals(Object)
 679      */
 680     @Override
 681     public boolean equals(Object x) {
 682         return this == x || x instanceof MethodType && equals((MethodType)x);
 683     }
 684 
 685     private boolean equals(MethodType that) {
 686         return this.rtype == that.rtype
 687             && Arrays.equals(this.ptypes, that.ptypes);
 688     }
 689 
 690     /**
 691      * Returns the hash code value for this method type.
 692      * It is defined to be the same as the hashcode of a List
 693      * whose elements are the return type followed by the
 694      * parameter types.
 695      * @return the hash code value for this method type
 696      * @see Object#hashCode()
 697      * @see #equals(Object)
 698      * @see List#hashCode()
 699      */
 700     @Override
 701     public int hashCode() {
 702       int hashCode = 31 + rtype.hashCode();
 703       for (Class<?> ptype : ptypes)
 704           hashCode = 31*hashCode + ptype.hashCode();
 705       return hashCode;
 706     }
 707 
 708     /**
 709      * Returns a string representation of the method type,
 710      * of the form {@code "(PT0,PT1...)RT"}.
 711      * The string representation of a method type is a
 712      * parenthesis enclosed, comma separated list of type names,
 713      * followed immediately by the return type.
 714      * <p>
 715      * Each type is represented by its
 716      * {@link java.lang.Class#getSimpleName simple name}.
 717      */
 718     @Override
 719     public String toString() {
 720         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 721         sb.append("(");
 722         for (int i = 0; i < ptypes.length; i++) {
 723             if (i > 0)  sb.append(",");
 724             sb.append(ptypes[i].getSimpleName());
 725         }
 726         sb.append(")");
 727         sb.append(rtype.getSimpleName());
 728         return sb.toString();
 729     }
 730 
 731 
 732     /*non-public*/
 733     boolean isViewableAs(MethodType newType) {
 734         if (!VerifyType.isNullConversion(returnType(), newType.returnType()))
 735             return false;
 736         int argc = parameterCount();
 737         if (argc != newType.parameterCount())
 738             return false;
 739         for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 740             if (!VerifyType.isNullConversion(newType.parameterType(i), parameterType(i)))
 741                 return false;
 742         }
 743         return true;
 744     }
 745     /*non-public*/
 746     boolean isCastableTo(MethodType newType) {
 747         int argc = parameterCount();
 748         if (argc != newType.parameterCount())
 749             return false;
 750         return true;
 751     }
 752     /*non-public*/
 753     boolean isConvertibleTo(MethodType newType) {
 754         if (!canConvert(returnType(), newType.returnType()))
 755             return false;
 756         int argc = parameterCount();
 757         if (argc != newType.parameterCount())
 758             return false;
 759         for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 760             if (!canConvert(newType.parameterType(i), parameterType(i)))
 761                 return false;
 762         }
 763         return true;
 764     }
 765     /*non-public*/
 766     static boolean canConvert(Class<?> src, Class<?> dst) {
 767         // short-circuit a few cases:
 768         if (src == dst || dst == Object.class)  return true;
 769         // the remainder of this logic is documented in MethodHandle.asType
 770         if (src.isPrimitive()) {
 771             // can force void to an explicit null, a la reflect.Method.invoke
 772             // can also force void to a primitive zero, by analogy
 773             if (src == void.class)  return true;  //or !dst.isPrimitive()?
 774             Wrapper sw = Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(src);
 775             if (dst.isPrimitive()) {
 776                 // P->P must widen
 777                 return Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(dst).isConvertibleFrom(sw);
 778             } else {
 779                 // P->R must box and widen
 780                 return dst.isAssignableFrom(sw.wrapperType());
 781             }
 782         } else if (dst.isPrimitive()) {
 783             // any value can be dropped
 784             if (dst == void.class)  return true;
 785             Wrapper dw = Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(dst);
 786             // R->P must be able to unbox (from a dynamically chosen type) and widen
 787             // For example:
 788             //   Byte/Number/Comparable/Object -> dw:Byte -> byte.
 789             //   Character/Comparable/Object -> dw:Character -> char
 790             //   Boolean/Comparable/Object -> dw:Boolean -> boolean
 791             // This means that dw must be cast-compatible with src.
 792             if (src.isAssignableFrom(dw.wrapperType())) {
 793                 return true;
 794             }
 795             // The above does not work if the source reference is strongly typed
 796             // to a wrapper whose primitive must be widened.  For example:
 797             //   Byte -> unbox:byte -> short/int/long/float/double
 798             //   Character -> unbox:char -> int/long/float/double
 799             if (Wrapper.isWrapperType(src) &&
 800                 dw.isConvertibleFrom(Wrapper.forWrapperType(src))) {
 801                 // can unbox from src and then widen to dst
 802                 return true;
 803             }
 804             // We have already covered cases which arise due to runtime unboxing
 805             // of a reference type which covers several wrapper types:
 806             //   Object -> cast:Integer -> unbox:int -> long/float/double
 807             //   Serializable -> cast:Byte -> unbox:byte -> byte/short/int/long/float/double
 808             // An marginal case is Number -> dw:Character -> char, which would be OK if there were a
 809             // subclass of Number which wraps a value that can convert to char.
 810             // Since there is none, we don't need an extra check here to cover char or boolean.
 811             return false;
 812         } else {
 813             // R->R always works, since null is always valid dynamically
 814             return true;
 815         }
 816     }
 817 
 818     /// Queries which have to do with the bytecode architecture
 819 
 820     /** Reports the number of JVM stack slots required to invoke a method
 821      * of this type.  Note that (for historical reasons) the JVM requires
 822      * a second stack slot to pass long and double arguments.
 823      * So this method returns {@link #parameterCount() parameterCount} plus the
 824      * number of long and double parameters (if any).
 825      * <p>
 826      * This method is included for the benefit of applications that must
 827      * generate bytecodes that process method handles and invokedynamic.
 828      * @return the number of JVM stack slots for this type's parameters
 829      */
 830     /*non-public*/ int parameterSlotCount() {
 831         return form.parameterSlotCount();
 832     }
 833 
 834     /*non-public*/ Invokers invokers() {
 835         Invokers inv = invokers;
 836         if (inv != null)  return inv;
 837         invokers = inv = new Invokers(this);
 838         return inv;
 839     }
 840 
 841     /** Reports the number of JVM stack slots which carry all parameters including and after
 842      * the given position, which must be in the range of 0 to
 843      * {@code parameterCount} inclusive.  Successive parameters are
 844      * more shallowly stacked, and parameters are indexed in the bytecodes
 845      * according to their trailing edge.  Thus, to obtain the depth
 846      * in the outgoing call stack of parameter {@code N}, obtain
 847      * the {@code parameterSlotDepth} of its trailing edge
 848      * at position {@code N+1}.
 849      * <p>
 850      * Parameters of type {@code long} and {@code double} occupy
 851      * two stack slots (for historical reasons) and all others occupy one.
 852      * Therefore, the number returned is the number of arguments
 853      * <em>including</em> and <em>after</em> the given parameter,
 854      * <em>plus</em> the number of long or double arguments
 855      * at or after after the argument for the given parameter.
 856      * <p>
 857      * This method is included for the benefit of applications that must
 858      * generate bytecodes that process method handles and invokedynamic.
 859      * @param num an index (zero-based, inclusive) within the parameter types
 860      * @return the index of the (shallowest) JVM stack slot transmitting the
 861      *         given parameter
 862      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code num} is negative or greater than {@code parameterCount()}
 863      */
 864     /*non-public*/ int parameterSlotDepth(int num) {
 865         if (num < 0 || num > ptypes.length)
 866             parameterType(num);  // force a range check
 867         return form.parameterToArgSlot(num-1);
 868     }
 869 
 870     /** Reports the number of JVM stack slots required to receive a return value
 871      * from a method of this type.
 872      * If the {@link #returnType() return type} is void, it will be zero,
 873      * else if the return type is long or double, it will be two, else one.
 874      * <p>
 875      * This method is included for the benefit of applications that must
 876      * generate bytecodes that process method handles and invokedynamic.
 877      * @return the number of JVM stack slots (0, 1, or 2) for this type's return value
 878      * Will be removed for PFD.
 879      */
 880     /*non-public*/ int returnSlotCount() {
 881         return form.returnSlotCount();
 882     }
 883 
 884     /**
 885      * Finds or creates an instance of a method type, given the spelling of its bytecode descriptor.
 886      * Convenience method for {@link #methodType(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]) methodType}.
 887      * Any class or interface name embedded in the descriptor string
 888      * will be resolved by calling {@link ClassLoader#loadClass(java.lang.String)}
 889      * on the given loader (or if it is null, on the system class loader).
 890      * <p>
 891      * Note that it is possible to encounter method types which cannot be
 892      * constructed by this method, because their component types are
 893      * not all reachable from a common class loader.
 894      * <p>
 895      * This method is included for the benefit of applications that must
 896      * generate bytecodes that process method handles and {@code invokedynamic}.
 897      * @param descriptor a bytecode-level type descriptor string "(T...)T"
 898      * @param loader the class loader in which to look up the types
 899      * @return a method type matching the bytecode-level type descriptor
 900      * @throws NullPointerException if the string is null
 901      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the string is not well-formed
 902      * @throws TypeNotPresentException if a named type cannot be found
 903      */
 904     public static MethodType fromMethodDescriptorString(String descriptor, ClassLoader loader)
 905         throws IllegalArgumentException, TypeNotPresentException
 906     {
 907         if (!descriptor.startsWith("(") ||  // also generates NPE if needed
 908             descriptor.indexOf(')') < 0 ||
 909             descriptor.indexOf('.') >= 0)
 910             throw new IllegalArgumentException("not a method descriptor: "+descriptor);
 911         List<Class<?>> types = BytecodeDescriptor.parseMethod(descriptor, loader);
 912         Class<?> rtype = types.remove(types.size() - 1);
 913         checkSlotCount(types.size());
 914         Class<?>[] ptypes = listToArray(types);
 915         return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes, true);
 916     }
 917 
 918     /**
 919      * Produces a bytecode descriptor representation of the method type.
 920      * <p>
 921      * Note that this is not a strict inverse of {@link #fromMethodDescriptorString fromMethodDescriptorString}.
 922      * Two distinct classes which share a common name but have different class loaders
 923      * will appear identical when viewed within descriptor strings.
 924      * <p>
 925      * This method is included for the benefit of applications that must
 926      * generate bytecodes that process method handles and {@code invokedynamic}.
 927      * {@link #fromMethodDescriptorString(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader) fromMethodDescriptorString},
 928      * because the latter requires a suitable class loader argument.
 929      * @return the bytecode type descriptor representation
 930      */
 931     public String toMethodDescriptorString() {
 932         String desc = methodDescriptor;
 933         if (desc == null) {
 934             desc = BytecodeDescriptor.unparse(this);
 935             methodDescriptor = desc;
 936         }
 937         return desc;
 938     }
 939 
 940     /*non-public*/ static String toFieldDescriptorString(Class<?> cls) {
 941         return BytecodeDescriptor.unparse(cls);
 942     }
 943 
 944     /// Serialization.
 945 
 946     /**
 947      * There are no serializable fields for {@code MethodType}.
 948      */
 949     private static final java.io.ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = { };
 950 
 951     /**
 952      * Save the {@code MethodType} instance to a stream.
 953      *
 954      * @serialData
 955      * For portability, the serialized format does not refer to named fields.
 956      * Instead, the return type and parameter type arrays are written directly
 957      * from the {@code writeObject} method, using two calls to {@code s.writeObject}
 958      * as follows:
 959      * <blockquote><pre>{@code
 960 s.writeObject(this.returnType());
 961 s.writeObject(this.parameterArray());
 962      * }</pre></blockquote>
 963      * <p>
 964      * The deserialized field values are checked as if they were
 965      * provided to the factory method {@link #methodType(Class,Class[]) methodType}.
 966      * For example, null values, or {@code void} parameter types,
 967      * will lead to exceptions during deserialization.
 968      * @param s the stream to write the object to
 969      * @throws java.io.IOException if there is a problem writing the object
 970      */
 971     private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s) throws java.io.IOException {
 972         s.defaultWriteObject();  // requires serialPersistentFields to be an empty array
 973         s.writeObject(returnType());
 974         s.writeObject(parameterArray());
 975     }
 976 
 977     /**
 978      * Reconstitute the {@code MethodType} instance from a stream (that is,
 979      * deserialize it).
 980      * This instance is a scratch object with bogus final fields.
 981      * It provides the parameters to the factory method called by
 982      * {@link #readResolve readResolve}.
 983      * After that call it is discarded.
 984      * @param s the stream to read the object from
 985      * @throws java.io.IOException if there is a problem reading the object
 986      * @throws ClassNotFoundException if one of the component classes cannot be resolved
 987      * @see #MethodType()
 988      * @see #readResolve
 989      * @see #writeObject
 990      */
 991     private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s) throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
 992         s.defaultReadObject();  // requires serialPersistentFields to be an empty array
 993 
 994         Class<?>   returnType     = (Class<?>)   s.readObject();
 995         Class<?>[] parameterArray = (Class<?>[]) s.readObject();
 996 
 997         // Probably this object will never escape, but let's check
 998         // the field values now, just to be sure.
 999         checkRtype(returnType);
1000         checkPtypes(parameterArray);
1001 
1002         parameterArray = parameterArray.clone();  // make sure it is unshared
1003         MethodType_init(returnType, parameterArray);
1004     }
1005 
1006     /**
1007      * For serialization only.
1008      * Sets the final fields to null, pending {@code Unsafe.putObject}.
1009      */
1010     private MethodType() {
1011         this.rtype = null;
1012         this.ptypes = null;
1013     }
1014     private void MethodType_init(Class<?> rtype, Class<?>[] ptypes) {
1015         // In order to communicate these values to readResolve, we must
1016         // store them into the implementation-specific final fields.
1017         checkRtype(rtype);
1018         checkPtypes(ptypes);
1019         UNSAFE.putObject(this, rtypeOffset, rtype);
1020         UNSAFE.putObject(this, ptypesOffset, ptypes);
1021     }
1022 
1023     // Support for resetting final fields while deserializing
1024     private static final long rtypeOffset, ptypesOffset;
1025     static {
1026         try {
1027             rtypeOffset = UNSAFE.objectFieldOffset
1028                 (MethodType.class.getDeclaredField("rtype"));
1029             ptypesOffset = UNSAFE.objectFieldOffset
1030                 (MethodType.class.getDeclaredField("ptypes"));
1031         } catch (Exception ex) {
1032             throw new Error(ex);
1033         }
1034     }
1035 
1036     /**
1037      * Resolves and initializes a {@code MethodType} object
1038      * after serialization.
1039      * @return the fully initialized {@code MethodType} object
1040      */
1041     private Object readResolve() {
1042         // Do not use a trusted path for deserialization:
1043         //return makeImpl(rtype, ptypes, true);
1044         // Verify all operands, and make sure ptypes is unshared:
1045         return methodType(rtype, ptypes);
1046     }
1047 
1048     /**
1049      * Simple implementation of weak concurrent intern set.
1050      *
1051      * @param <T> interned type
1052      */
1053     private static class ConcurrentWeakInternSet<T> {
1054 
1055         private final ConcurrentMap<WeakEntry<T>, WeakEntry<T>> map;
1056         private final ReferenceQueue<T> stale;
1057 
1058         public ConcurrentWeakInternSet() {
1059             this.map = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
1060             this.stale = new ReferenceQueue<>();
1061         }
1062 
1063         /**
1064          * Get the existing interned element.
1065          * This method returns null if no element is interned.
1066          *
1067          * @param elem element to look up
1068          * @return the interned element
1069          */
1070         public T get(T elem) {
1071             if (elem == null) throw new NullPointerException();
1072             expungeStaleElements();
1073 
1074             WeakEntry<T> value = map.get(new WeakEntry<>(elem));
1075             if (value != null) {
1076                 T res = value.get();
1077                 if (res != null) {
1078                     return res;
1079                 }
1080             }
1081             return null;
1082         }
1083 
1084         /**
1085          * Interns the element.
1086          * Always returns non-null element, matching the one in the intern set.
1087          * Under the race against another add(), it can return <i>different</i>
1088          * element, if another thread beats us to interning it.
1089          *
1090          * @param elem element to add
1091          * @return element that was actually added
1092          */
1093         public T add(T elem) {
1094             if (elem == null) throw new NullPointerException();
1095 
1096             // Playing double race here, and so spinloop is required.
1097             // First race is with two concurrent updaters.
1098             // Second race is with GC purging weak ref under our feet.
1099             // Hopefully, we almost always end up with a single pass.
1100             T interned;
1101             WeakEntry<T> e = new WeakEntry<>(elem, stale);
1102             do {
1103                 expungeStaleElements();
1104                 WeakEntry<T> exist = map.putIfAbsent(e, e);
1105                 interned = (exist == null) ? elem : exist.get();
1106             } while (interned == null);
1107             return interned;
1108         }
1109 
1110         private void expungeStaleElements() {
1111             Reference<? extends T> reference;
1112             while ((reference = stale.poll()) != null) {
1113                 map.remove(reference);
1114             }
1115         }
1116 
1117         private static class WeakEntry<T> extends WeakReference<T> {
1118 
1119             public final int hashcode;
1120 
1121             public WeakEntry(T key, ReferenceQueue<T> queue) {
1122                 super(key, queue);
1123                 hashcode = key.hashCode();
1124             }
1125 
1126             public WeakEntry(T key) {
1127                 super(key);
1128                 hashcode = key.hashCode();
1129             }
1130 
1131             @Override
1132             public boolean equals(Object obj) {
1133                 if (obj instanceof WeakEntry) {
1134                     Object that = ((WeakEntry) obj).get();
1135                     Object mine = get();
1136                     return (that == null || mine == null) ? (this == obj) : mine.equals(that);
1137                 }
1138                 return false;
1139             }
1140 
1141             @Override
1142             public int hashCode() {
1143                 return hashcode;
1144             }
1145 
1146         }
1147     }
1148 
1149 }