8183039: Re-examine methodHandle methods uninlined by 8144256
Summary: Add more const references so out-of-line methodHandle destructor and copy ctor called infrequently
Reviewed-by: hseigel, redestad

8144518: ClassVerboseTest crashes on Windows
Summary: simplify Bytecode_tableswitch code so windows doesn't generate bad code for it.
Reviewed-by: ctornqvi, dholmes

8029567: Clean up linkResolver code
Summary: Moved non-const reference return values to actual return values, refactored error handling code, remove oop from Method* variable names.
Reviewed-by: jiangli, lfoltan, acorn

6964458: Reimplement class meta-data storage to use native memory
Summary: Remove PermGen, allocate meta-data in metaspace linked to class loaders, rewrite GC walking, rewrite and rename metadata to be C++ classes
Reviewed-by: jmasa, stefank, never, coleenp, kvn, brutisso, mgerdin, dholmes, jrose, twisti, roland
Contributed-by: jmasa <jon.masamitsu@oracle.com>, stefank <stefan.karlsson@oracle.com>, mgerdin <mikael.gerdin@oracle.com>, never <tom.rodriguez@oracle.com>

7023639: JSR 292 method handle invocation needs a fast path for compiled code
6984705: JSR 292 method handle creation should not go through JNI
Summary: remove assembly code for JDK 7 chained method handles
Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti, kvn, mhaupt
Contributed-by: John Rose <john.r.rose@oracle.com>, Christian Thalinger <christian.thalinger@oracle.com>, Michael Haupt <michael.haupt@oracle.com>

6990754: Use native memory and reference counting to implement SymbolTable
Summary: move symbols from permgen into C heap and reference count them
Reviewed-by: never, acorn, jmasa, stefank

4926272: methodOopDesc::method_from_bcp is unsafe
Reviewed-by: coleenp, jrose, kvn, dcubed

6989984: Use standard include model for Hospot
Summary: Replaced MakeDeps and the includeDB files with more standardized solutions.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn, kamg

6939203: JSR 292 needs method handle constants
Summary: Add new CP types CONSTANT_MethodHandle, CONSTANT_MethodType; extend 'ldc' bytecode.
Reviewed-by: twisti, never

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6957080: MethodComparator needs stress testing
Summary: Add a stress-test flag for running MethodComparator over many inputs. Fix bugs that crop up.
Reviewed-by: kvn

6939207: refactor constant pool index processing
Summary: Factored cleanup of instruction decode which prepares for enhanced ldc semantics.
Reviewed-by: twisti

6941466: Oracle rebranding changes for Hotspot repositories
Summary: Change all the Sun copyrights to Oracle copyright
Reviewed-by: ohair

6893081: method handle & invokedynamic code needs additional cleanup (post 6815692, 6858164)
Summary: During the work for 6829187 we have fixed a number of basic bugs which are logically grouped with 6815692 and 6858164 but which must be reviewed and pushed separately.
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

6862919: Update copyright year
Summary: Update copyright for files that have been modified in 2009, up to 07/09
Reviewed-by: tbell, ohair

6655646: dynamic languages need dynamically linked call sites
Summary: invokedynamic instruction (JSR 292 RI)
Reviewed-by: twisti, never

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