RFR(S): 8147078: MethodHandles.catchException does not enforce Throwable subtype

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 14 Jan 2016, at 12:22, Michael Haupt <michael.haupt at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> please review this fix.
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8147078
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mhaupt/8147078/webrev.00
> 
> Unlike MethodHandles.throwException, MethodHandles.catchException does not enforce that the passed exception type is indeed a subtype of Throwable. The change adds the corresponding check, and a test.
> 

Erasure bites! +1

Paul.