FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_72"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_72-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.72-b15, mixed mode)


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Type inference fails for certain intersection types. See attached Java Code: the method consume is defined with a type variable

<T extends Object & Serializable & Consumer<String>>

(this definition is only for demonstration purposes, usually one would only declare

<T extends Serializable & Consumer<String>>

The method is called using a method reference

consume(this::process, ...

The compilation fails and (because of the exact declaration) says that the method reference is interpreted as Consumer<String> (which is correct in principle), but cannot be converted to "T extends Object,Serializable,Consumer<String>".

The Eclipse compiler compiles and runs this code without problems.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The intersection type should be automatically inferred from the method's type variable.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
GenericsTest.java:15: error: incompatible types: cannot infer type-variable(s) T
        consume(this::process, "Hello World");
               ^
    (argument mismatch; Consumer<String> cannot be converted to INT#1)
  where T is a type-variable:
    T extends Object,Serializable,Consumer<String> declared in method <T>consume(T,String)
  where INT#1 is an intersection type:
    INT#1 extends Object,Serializable,Consumer<String>
1 error


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.function.Consumer;

public class GenericsTest {
    public <T extends Object & Serializable & Consumer<String>> void consume(final T _cons,
            final String _s) {
        _cons.accept(_s);
    }

    public void process(final String _o) {
        System.out.println(_o);
    }

    public void testCompile() {
        consume(this::process, "Hello World");
    }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Adding a cast:

        consume((Serializable & Consumer<String>) this::process, "Hello World");

makes the code compile.