--- a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp	Thu Oct 10 18:26:22 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp	Fri Oct 11 10:38:03 2013 +0200
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@
   static int cache_offset_in_bytes()        { return offset_of(ConstantPool, _cache); }
   static int pool_holder_offset_in_bytes()  { return offset_of(ConstantPool, _pool_holder); }
   static int resolved_references_offset_in_bytes() { return offset_of(ConstantPool, _resolved_references); }
-  static int reference_map_offset_in_bytes() { return offset_of(ConstantPool, _reference_map); }
 
   // Storing constants
 
@@ -475,18 +474,42 @@
     return *int_at_addr(which);
   }
 
+ private:
+  int method_handle_ref_kind_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_handle_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
+    return extract_low_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // mask out unwanted ref_index bits
+  }
+  int method_handle_index_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_handle_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
+    return extract_high_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // shift out unwanted ref_kind bits
+  }
+  int method_type_index_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_type() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_type_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
+    return *int_at_addr(which);
+  }
+ public:
   int method_handle_ref_kind_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle(), "Corrupted constant pool");
-    return extract_low_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // mask out unwanted ref_index bits
+    return method_handle_ref_kind_at(which, false);
+  }
+  int method_handle_ref_kind_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_handle_ref_kind_at(which, true);
   }
   int method_handle_index_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle(), "Corrupted constant pool");
-    return extract_high_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // shift out unwanted ref_kind bits
+    return method_handle_index_at(which, false);
+  }
+  int method_handle_index_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_handle_index_at(which, true);
   }
   int method_type_index_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_type(), "Corrupted constant pool");
-    return *int_at_addr(which);
+    return method_type_index_at(which, false);
   }
+  int method_type_index_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_type_index_at(which, true);
+  }
+
   // Derived queries:
   Symbol* method_handle_name_ref_at(int which) {
     int member = method_handle_index_at(which);
@@ -730,8 +753,6 @@
   static oop         method_type_at_if_loaded      (constantPoolHandle this_oop, int which);
   static Klass*            klass_at_if_loaded      (constantPoolHandle this_oop, int which);
   static Klass*        klass_ref_at_if_loaded      (constantPoolHandle this_oop, int which);
-  // Same as above - but does LinkResolving.
-  static Klass*        klass_ref_at_if_loaded_check(constantPoolHandle this_oop, int which, TRAPS);
 
   // Routines currently used for annotations (only called by jvm.cpp) but which might be used in the
   // future by other Java code. These take constant pool indices rather than