FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.8.0-ea-b106

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
A lambda that captures a value that refers back to that lambda cannot be properly deserialized. This is caused by the usage of readResolve() in java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda.


ACTUAL -
The cyclic reference is not resolved, an instance of java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda is used where a lambda is expected.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
first example:
java.lang.ClassCastException: cannot assign instance of java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda to field SerialLambda.supplier of type SerialLambda$SerializableIntSupplier in instance of SerialLambda
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass$FieldReflector.setObjFieldValues(ObjectStreamClass.java:2089)
...
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:371)
at SerialLambda.serialCopy(SerialLambda.java:32)
at SerialLambda.go(SerialLambda.java:19)

second example:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda cannot be cast to SerialLambda$SerializableIntSupplier
at SerialLambda.lambda$go2$9b75$0(SerialLambda.java:24)
at SerialLambda$$Lambda$2.getAsInt(Unknown Source)
at SerialLambda.go2(SerialLambda.java:26)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.IntSupplier;

/** @author Wouter Coekaerts */
public class SerialLambda implements Serializable {
  interface SerializableIntSupplier extends IntSupplier, Serializable {}

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    new SerialLambda().go();
    go2();
  }

  SerializableIntSupplier supplier;

  void go() throws Exception {
    supplier = this::hashCode;
    System.out.println(serialCopy(this).supplier.getAsInt());
    System.out.println(serialCopy(this.supplier).getAsInt());
  }

  static void go2() throws Exception {
    List<SerializableIntSupplier> list = new ArrayList<>();
    list.add(() -> list.get(0).hashCode());
    System.out.println(serialCopy(list).get(0).getAsInt());
    System.out.println(serialCopy(list.get(0)).getAsInt());
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static <T> T serialCopy(T o) throws Exception {
    ByteArrayOutputStream ba = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    new ObjectOutputStream(ba).writeObject(o);
    return (T) new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(ba.toByteArray())).readObject();
  }
}
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