/**
  * Compute and cache information for this adapter, so that it can call out to targets of the
  * erasure-family of the given erased type.
  */
 /*non-public*/ InvokeGeneric(MethodType erasedCallerType) throws ReflectiveOperationException {
   assert (erasedCallerType.equals(erasedCallerType.erase()));
   this.erasedCallerType = erasedCallerType;
   this.initialInvoker = makeInitialInvoker();
   assert initialInvoker
           .type()
           .equals(erasedCallerType.insertParameterTypes(0, MethodType.class, MethodHandle.class))
       : initialInvoker.type();
 }
 private MethodHandle addReturnConversion(MethodHandle finisher, Class<?> type) {
   // FIXME: This is slow because it creates a closure node on every call that requires a return
   // cast.
   MethodType finisherType = finisher.type();
   MethodHandle caster = ValueConversions.identity(type);
   caster = caster.asType(caster.type().changeParameterType(0, finisherType.returnType()));
   finisher = MethodHandles.filterReturnValue(finisher, caster);
   return finisher.asType(finisherType);
 }
 /**
  * Return a method handle to invoke on the callerType, target, and remaining arguments. The method
  * handle must finish the call. This is the first look at the caller type and target.
  */
 private MethodHandle dispatch(MethodType callerType, MethodHandle target) {
   MethodType targetType = target.type();
   if (USE_AS_TYPE_PATH || target.isVarargsCollector()) {
     MethodHandle newTarget = target.asType(callerType);
     targetType = callerType;
     Invokers invokers = targetType.invokers();
     MethodHandle invoker = invokers.erasedInvokerWithDrops;
     if (invoker == null) {
       invokers.erasedInvokerWithDrops = invoker = dropDispatchArguments(invokers.erasedInvoker());
     }
     return invoker.bindTo(newTarget);
   }
   throw new RuntimeException("NYI");
 }
 private boolean returnConversionNeeded(MethodType callerType, MethodHandle target) {
   Class<?> needType = callerType.returnType();
   if (needType == erasedCallerType.returnType())
     return false; // no conversions possible, since must be primitive or Object
   Class<?> haveType = target.type().returnType();
   if (VerifyType.isNullConversion(haveType, needType) && !needType.isInterface()) return false;
   return true;
 }
 private MethodHandle dropDispatchArguments(MethodHandle targetInvoker) {
   assert (targetInvoker.type().parameterType(0) == MethodHandle.class);
   return MethodHandles.dropArguments(targetInvoker, 1, EXTRA_ARGS);
 }