Summary

Constrain constant dynamic bootstrap methods to methods whose first parameter type is MethodHandles.Lookup.

Problem

It's not easy to use existing methods as constant dynamic bootstrap methods. A level of indirection is required, either explicitly or via use of the bootstrap method ConstantBootstraps.invoke to drop the first three arguments of lookup, name, and type. While this change does not address that problem it will ensure the problem can be addressed in a future release without affecting compatibility of existing constant dynamic bootstrap methods.

Solution

Constrain constant dynamic bootstrap methods to methods whose first parameter type is MethodHandles.Lookup.

Specification

The VM specification will require updating, tracked by JDK-8199051. The java/lang/invoke/package-html.java has been updated (see attached).