jruby · Mar 12, 2015 · Mar 16, 2015 · Mar 17, 2015 · Mar 17, 2015 · Mar 17, 2015
diff --git a/bin/jruby200.sh b/bin/jruby200.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+find . -name '*.pack.gz' | sed 's/\(.*\).pack.gz/\1.pack.gz \1.jar/' | xargs -L1 unpack200 --remove-pack-file
+cp bin/jruby.bash bin/jruby 
+bin/jruby.bash $@
+exit
diff --git a/core/pom.rb b/core/pom.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
   jar 'org.jruby.joni:joni:2.1.5'
   jar 'org.jruby.extras:bytelist:1.0.12'
-  jar 'org.jruby.jcodings:jcodings:1.0.12'
+  jar 'org.jruby.jcodings:jcodings:1.0.13-SNAPSHOT'
   jar 'org.jruby:dirgra:0.2'
 
   jar 'com.headius:invokebinder:1.5'
@@ -253,33 +253,15 @@
                    'outputFile' => '${jruby.basedir}/lib/jruby.jar',
                    'transformers' => [ { '@implementation' => 'org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer',
                                          'mainClass' => 'org.jruby.Main' } ] )
-  end
-
-  [ :osgi, :dist, :'jruby-jars', :main, :all, :complete, :release, :jruby_complete_jar_extended ].each do |name|
-    profile name do
-      plugin :shade do
-        execute_goals( 'shade',
-                       :id => 'pack jruby-core-noasm.jar',
-                       :phase => 'package',
-                       'shadedArtifactAttached' =>  'true',
-                       'shadedClassifierName' =>  'noasm',
-                       'artifactSet' => {
-                         'includes' => [ 'com.github.jnr:jnr-ffi',
-                                         'org.ow2.asm:*' ]
-                       },
-                       'relocations' => [ { 'pattern' =>  'org.objectweb',
-                                            'shadedPattern' =>  'org.jruby.org.objectweb' } ] )
-        execute_goals( 'shade',
-                       :id => 'pack jruby-core-complete.jar',
-                       :phase => 'package',
-                       'shadedArtifactAttached' =>  'true',
-                       'shadedClassifierName' =>  'complete',
-                       'relocations' => [ { 'pattern' =>  'org.objectweb',
-                                            'shadedPattern' =>  'org.jruby.org.objectweb' } ],
-                       'transformers' => [ { '@implementation' => 'org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer',
-                                             'mainClass' => 'org.jruby.Main' } ] )
-      end
-    end
+    execute_goals( 'shade',
+                   :id => 'shade the asm classes',
+                   :phase => 'verify',
+                   'artifactSet' => {
+                     'includes' => [ 'com.github.jnr:jnr-ffi',
+                                     'org.ow2.asm:*' ]
+                   },
+                   'relocations' => [ { 'pattern' =>  'org.objectweb',
+                                        'shadedPattern' =>  'org.jruby.org.objectweb' } ] )
   end
 
   profile 'jruby.bash' do

diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyObject.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyObject.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
  * RubyObject represents the implementation of the Object class in Ruby. As such,
  * it defines very few methods of its own, inheriting most from the included
  * Kernel module.
- * 
+ *
  * Methods that are implemented here, such as "initialize" should be implemented
  * with care; reification of Ruby classes into Java classes can produce
  * conflicting method names in rare cases. See JRUBY-5906 for an example.
@@ -139,77 +139,77 @@ public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObject(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR0_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar0(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR1_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar1(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR2_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar2(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR3_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar3(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR4_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar4(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR5_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar5(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR6_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar6(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR7_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar7(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR8_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar8(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator OBJECT_VAR9_ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
         @Override
         public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             return new RubyObjectVar9(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
-    
+
     public static final ObjectAllocator[] FIELD_ALLOCATORS = {
         OBJECT_ALLOCATOR,
         OBJECT_VAR0_ALLOCATOR,
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
         OBJECT_VAR8_ALLOCATOR,
         OBJECT_VAR9_ALLOCATOR
     };
-    
+
     public static final Class[] FIELD_ALLOCATED_CLASSES = {
         RubyObject.class,
         RubyObjectVar0.class,
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
         RubyObjectVar8.class,
         RubyObjectVar9.class,
     };
-    
+
     /**
      * Allocator that inspects all methods for instance variables and chooses
      * a concrete class to construct based on that. This allows using
@@ -252,19 +252,19 @@ public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klass) {
             if (Options.DUMP_INSTANCE_VARS.load()) {
                 System.err.println(klass + ";" + foundVariables);
             }
-            
+
             int count = 0;
             for (String name : foundVariables) {
                 klass.getVariableTableManager().getVariableAccessorForVar(name, count);
                 count++;
                 if (count >= 10) break;
             }
-            
+
             ObjectAllocator allocator = FIELD_ALLOCATORS[count];
             Class reified = FIELD_ALLOCATED_CLASSES[count];
             klass.setAllocator(allocator);
             klass.setReifiedClass(reified);
-            
+
             return allocator.allocate(runtime, klass);
         }
     };
@@ -516,13 +516,11 @@ public int hashCode() {
     }
 
     private int nonFixnumHashCode(IRubyObject hashValue) {
-        Ruby runtime = getRuntime();
         RubyInteger integer = hashValue.convertToInteger();
         if (integer instanceof RubyBignum) {
-            return (int)integer.getBigIntegerValue().intValue();
-        } else {
-            return (int)integer.getLongValue();
+            return integer.getBigIntegerValue().intValue();
         }
+        return (int) integer.getLongValue();
     }
 
     /** rb_inspect

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyString.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyString.java
@@ -5618,9 +5618,9 @@ public IRubyObject ascii_only_p(ThreadContext context) {
     @JRubyMethod
     public IRubyObject b(ThreadContext context) {
         Encoding encoding = ASCIIEncoding.INSTANCE;
-        RubyString dup = (RubyString)dup();
-        dup.associateEncoding(encoding);
-        dup.clearCodeRange();
+        RubyString dup = strDup(context.runtime);
+        dup.modify19();
+        dup.setEncoding(encoding);
         return dup;
     }
 

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/runtime/IRRuntimeHelpers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/runtime/IRRuntimeHelpers.java
@@ -1351,8 +1351,15 @@ public static VariableAccessor getVariableAccessorForWrite(IRubyObject object, S
     }
 
     @JIT
-    public static IRubyObject getVariableWithAccessor(IRubyObject self, VariableAccessor accessor, ThreadContext context) {
-        return Helpers.nullToNil((IRubyObject)accessor.get(self), context);
+    public static IRubyObject getVariableWithAccessor(IRubyObject self, VariableAccessor accessor, ThreadContext context, String name) {
+        IRubyObject result = (IRubyObject)accessor.get(self);
+        if (result == null) {
+            if (context.runtime.isVerbose()) {
+                context.runtime.getWarnings().warning(IRubyWarnings.ID.IVAR_NOT_INITIALIZED, "instance variable " + name + " not initialized");
+            }
+            result = context.nil;
+        }
+        return result;
     }
 
     @JIT

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/IRBytecodeAdapter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/IRBytecodeAdapter.java
@@ -500,6 +500,6 @@ public void pushBlockBody(Handle handle, org.jruby.runtime.Signature signature,
     private int variableCount = 0;
     private Map<Integer, Type> variableTypes = new HashMap<Integer, Type>();
     private Map<Integer, String> variableNames = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
-    private final Signature signature;
+    protected final Signature signature;
     private final ClassData classData;
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/IRBytecodeAdapter6.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/IRBytecodeAdapter6.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import com.headius.invokebinder.Signature;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jcodings.Encoding;
 import org.jruby.Ruby;
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ public IRBytecodeAdapter6(SkinnyMethodAdapter adapter, Signature signature, Clas
     }
 
     public void pushFixnum(final long l) {
-        cacheValuePermanently(newFieldName("fixnum"), RubyFixnum.class, new Runnable() {
+        cacheValuePermanently("fixnum", RubyFixnum.class, keyFor("fixnum", l), new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 loadRuntime();
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ public void run() {
     }
 
     public void pushFloat(final double d) {
-        cacheValuePermanently(newFieldName("float"), RubyFloat.class, new Runnable() {
+        cacheValuePermanently("float", RubyFloat.class, keyFor("float", Double.doubleToLongBits(d)), new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 loadRuntime();
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ private String newFieldName(String baseName) {
      * @param bl ByteList for the String to push
      */
     public void pushFrozenString(final ByteList bl) {
-        cacheValuePermanently(newFieldName("frozenString"), RubyString.class, new Runnable() {
+        cacheValuePermanently("fstring", RubyString.class, keyFor("fstring", bl), new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 loadRuntime();
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ public void run() {
     }
 
     public void pushByteList(final ByteList bl) {
-        cacheValuePermanently(newFieldName("byteList"), ByteList.class, new Runnable() {
+        cacheValuePermanently("bytelist", ByteList.class, keyFor("bytelist", bl), new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 loadRuntime();
@@ -118,22 +120,41 @@ public void run() {
         });
     }
 
-    public void cacheValuePermanently(String cacheField, Class type, Runnable construction) {
-        // FIXME: too much bytecode...make it a separate method?
-        Label done = new Label();
-        adapter.getClassVisitor().visitField(Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE | Opcodes.ACC_STATIC, cacheField, ci(type), null, null).visitEnd();
-        adapter.getstatic(getClassData().clsName, cacheField, ci(type));
-        adapter.dup();
-        adapter.ifnonnull(done);
-        adapter.pop();
-        construction.run();
-        adapter.dup();
-        adapter.putstatic(getClassData().clsName, cacheField, ci(type));
-        adapter.label(done);
+    public void cacheValuePermanently(String what, Class type, Object key, Runnable construction) {
+        String cacheField = key == null ? null : cacheFieldNames.get(key);
+        if (cacheField == null) {
+            cacheField = newFieldName(what);
+            cacheFieldNames.put(key, cacheField);
+
+            SkinnyMethodAdapter tmp = adapter;
+            adapter = new SkinnyMethodAdapter(
+                    adapter.getClassVisitor(),
+                    Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE | Opcodes.ACC_STATIC | Opcodes.ACC_SYNTHETIC,
+                    cacheField,
+                    sig(type, ThreadContext.class),
+                    null,
+                    null);
+            Label done = new Label();
+            adapter.getClassVisitor().visitField(Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE | Opcodes.ACC_STATIC, cacheField, ci(type), null, null).visitEnd();
+            adapter.getstatic(getClassData().clsName, cacheField, ci(type));
+            adapter.dup();
+            adapter.ifnonnull(done);
+            adapter.pop();
+            construction.run();
+            adapter.dup();
+            adapter.putstatic(getClassData().clsName, cacheField, ci(type));
+            adapter.label(done);
+            adapter.areturn();
+            adapter.end();
+            adapter = tmp;
+        }
+
+        loadContext();
+        adapter.invokestatic(getClassData().clsName, cacheField, sig(type, ThreadContext.class));
     }
 
     public void pushRegexp(final ByteList source, final int options) {
-        cacheValuePermanently(newFieldName("regexp"), RubyRegexp.class, new Runnable() {
+        cacheValuePermanently("regexp", RubyRegexp.class, keyFor("regexp", source, options), new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 loadContext();
@@ -144,6 +165,16 @@ public void run() {
         });
     }
 
+    private static String keyFor(Object... objs) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        for (Object obj : objs) {
+            sb.append(obj.toString());
+            if (obj instanceof ByteList) sb.append('_').append(((ByteList) obj).getEncoding());
+            sb.append("_");
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
     public void pushDRegexp(Runnable callback, RegexpOptions options, int arity) {
         if (arity > MAX_ARGUMENTS) throw new NotCompilableException("dynamic regexp has more than " + MAX_ARGUMENTS + " elements");
 
@@ -197,7 +228,7 @@ public void pushDRegexp(Runnable callback, RegexpOptions options, int arity) {
     }
 
     public void pushSymbol(final String sym, final Encoding encoding) {
-        cacheValuePermanently(newFieldName("symbol"), RubySymbol.class, new Runnable() {
+        cacheValuePermanently("symbol", RubySymbol.class, keyFor("symbol", sym, encoding), new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 loadRuntime();
@@ -217,7 +248,7 @@ public void loadRuntime() {
     }
 
     public void pushEncoding(final Encoding encoding) {
-        cacheValuePermanently(newFieldName("symbol"), RubySymbol.class, new Runnable() {
+        cacheValuePermanently("encoding", RubySymbol.class, keyFor("encoding", encoding), new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 loadContext();
@@ -599,7 +630,8 @@ public void getField(String name) {
         adapter.dup(); // self, self
         cacheVariableAccessor(name, false); // self, accessor
         loadContext(); // self, accessor, context
-        invokeIRHelper("getVariableWithAccessor", sig(IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, VariableAccessor.class, ThreadContext.class));
+        adapter.ldc(name);
+        invokeIRHelper("getVariableWithAccessor", sig(IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, VariableAccessor.class, ThreadContext.class, String.class));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -749,4 +781,6 @@ public void checkpoint() {
                 "callThreadPoll",
                 sig(void.class));
     }
+
+    private final Map<Object, String> cacheFieldNames = new HashMap<>();
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/dispatch/CallableSelector.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/dispatch/CallableSelector.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/invokers/RubyToJavaInvoker.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/invokers/RubyToJavaInvoker.java
@@ -12,15 +12,20 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import org.jruby.Ruby;
 import org.jruby.RubyModule;
+import org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException;
 import org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CallConfiguration;
 import org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod;
 import org.jruby.java.dispatch.CallableSelector;
 import org.jruby.java.proxies.ArrayJavaProxy;
+import org.jruby.java.proxies.ConcreteJavaProxy;
 import org.jruby.java.proxies.JavaProxy;
 import org.jruby.javasupport.JavaCallable;
+import org.jruby.javasupport.JavaConstructor;
+import org.jruby.javasupport.ParameterTypes;
 import org.jruby.runtime.Arity;
 import org.jruby.runtime.Visibility;
 import org.jruby.runtime.builtin.IRubyObject;
+import org.jruby.util.CodegenUtils;
 import org.jruby.util.collections.IntHashMap;
 
 public abstract class RubyToJavaInvoker extends JavaMethod {
@@ -105,13 +110,13 @@ public abstract class RubyToJavaInvoker extends JavaMethod {
         if (javaCallable != null) {
             // no constructor support yet
             if (javaCallable instanceof org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod) {
-                setNativeCallIfPublic( (Method) ((org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod) javaCallable).getValue() );
+                setNativeCallIfPublic( ((org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod) javaCallable).getValue() );
             }
         } else { // use the lowest-arity non-overload
             for (JavaCallable[] callablesForArity : javaCallables) {
                 if ( callablesForArity == null || callablesForArity.length != 1 ) continue;
                 if ( callablesForArity[0] instanceof org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod ) {
-                    setNativeCallIfPublic( (Method) ((org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod) callablesForArity[0]).getValue() );
+                    setNativeCallIfPublic( ((org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod) callablesForArity[0]).getValue() );
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -201,7 +206,7 @@ protected JavaCallable findCallable(IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject[]
                 if (javaVarargsCallables != null) {
                     callable = CallableSelector.matchingCallableArityN(runtime, cache, javaVarargsCallables, args, arity);
                     if (callable == null) {
-                        throw CallableSelector.argTypesDoNotMatch(runtime, self, javaVarargsCallables, (Object[])args);
+                        throw newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(runtime, self, javaVarargsCallables, args);
                     }
                     return callable;
                 } else {
@@ -212,12 +217,12 @@ protected JavaCallable findCallable(IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject[]
             if (callable == null && javaVarargsCallables != null) {
                 callable = CallableSelector.matchingCallableArityN(runtime, cache, javaVarargsCallables, args, arity);
                 if (callable == null) {
-                    throw CallableSelector.argTypesDoNotMatch(runtime, self, javaVarargsCallables, (Object[])args);
+                    throw newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(runtime, self, javaVarargsCallables, args);
                 }
                 return callable;
             }
             if (callable == null) {
-                throw CallableSelector.argTypesDoNotMatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, (Object[])args);
+                throw newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, args);
             }
         } else {
             if (!callable.isVarArgs() && callable.getParameterTypes().length != args.length) {
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ protected JavaCallable findCallableArityOne(IRubyObject self, String name, IRuby
             }
             callable = CallableSelector.matchingCallableArityOne(runtime, cache, callablesForArity, arg0);
             if (callable == null) {
-                throw CallableSelector.argTypesDoNotMatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0);
+                throw newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0);
             }
         } else {
             if (callable.getParameterTypes().length != 1) {
@@ -274,7 +279,7 @@ protected JavaCallable findCallableArityTwo(IRubyObject self, String name, IRuby
             }
             callable = CallableSelector.matchingCallableArityTwo(runtime, cache, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1);
             if (callable == null) {
-                throw CallableSelector.argTypesDoNotMatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1);
+                throw newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1);
             }
         } else {
             if (callable.getParameterTypes().length != 2) {
@@ -294,7 +299,7 @@ protected JavaCallable findCallableArityThree(IRubyObject self, String name, IRu
             }
             callable = CallableSelector.matchingCallableArityThree(runtime, cache, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1, arg2);
             if (callable == null) {
-                throw CallableSelector.argTypesDoNotMatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1, arg2);
+                throw newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1, arg2);
             }
         } else {
             if (callable.getParameterTypes().length != 3) {
@@ -314,7 +319,7 @@ protected JavaCallable findCallableArityFour(IRubyObject self, String name, IRub
             }
             callable = CallableSelector.matchingCallableArityFour(runtime, cache, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
             if (callable == null) {
-                throw CallableSelector.argTypesDoNotMatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+                throw newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(runtime, self, callablesForArity, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
             }
         } else {
             if (callable.getParameterTypes().length != 4) {
@@ -323,4 +328,56 @@ protected JavaCallable findCallableArityFour(IRubyObject self, String name, IRub
         }
         return callable;
     }
+
+    static RaiseException newNameErrorDueArgumentTypeMismatch(final Ruby runtime,
+        final IRubyObject receiver, final JavaCallable[] methods, IRubyObject... args) {
+
+        final Class[] argTypes = new Class[args.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+            argTypes[i] = getClass( args[i] );
+        }
+
+        final boolean constructor = methods[0] instanceof JavaConstructor; // || methods[0] instanceof JavaProxyConstructor;
+
+        final StringBuilder error = new StringBuilder(32);
+
+        error.append("no ");
+        if ( constructor ) {
+            error.append("constructor");
+        }
+        else {
+            org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod method = (org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod) methods[0];
+            error.append("method '").append( method.getValue().getName() ).append("'");
+        }
+        error.append(" for arguments ")
+             .append( CodegenUtils.prettyParams(argTypes) )
+             .append(" on ");
+
+        if (receiver instanceof RubyModule) {
+            error.append( ((RubyModule) receiver).getName() );
+        } else {
+            error.append( receiver.getMetaClass().getRealClass().getName() );
+        }
+
+        if (methods.length > 1) {
+            error.append("\n  available overloads:");
+            for (ParameterTypes method : methods) {
+                Class<?>[] paramTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
+                error.append("\n    ").append( CodegenUtils.prettyParams(paramTypes) );
+            }
+        }
+
+        // TODO should have been ArgumentError - might break users to refactor at this point
+        return runtime.newNameError(error.toString(), null);
+    }
+
+    private static Class<?> getClass(final IRubyObject object) {
+        if (object == null) return void.class;
+
+        if (object instanceof ConcreteJavaProxy) {
+            return ((ConcreteJavaProxy)object).getJavaClass();
+        }
+        return object.getClass();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/proxies/ConcreteJavaProxy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/proxies/ConcreteJavaProxy.java
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ public IRubyObject call(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyModule claz
 
     }
 
-    protected static void initialize(final RubyClass concreteJavaProxy) {
-        concreteJavaProxy.addMethod("initialize", new InitializeMethod(concreteJavaProxy));
+    protected static void initialize(final RubyClass ConcreteJavaProxy) {
+        ConcreteJavaProxy.addMethod("initialize", new InitializeMethod(ConcreteJavaProxy));
         // We define a custom "new" method to ensure that __jcreate! is getting called,
         // so that if the user doesn't call super in their subclasses, the object will
         // still get set up properly. See JRUBY-4704.
-        RubyClass singleton = concreteJavaProxy.getSingletonClass();
+        RubyClass singleton = ConcreteJavaProxy.getSingletonClass();
         singleton.addMethod("new", new NewMethod(singleton));
     }
 

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/proxies/MapJavaProxy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/java/proxies/MapJavaProxy.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * rights and limitations under the License.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2011 Yoko Harada <yokolet@gmail.com>
- * 
+ *
  * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
  * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
  * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
- * 
+ *
  * @author Yoko Harada
  */
 
@@ -63,21 +63,21 @@ public MapJavaProxy(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klazz, Map map) {
         super(runtime, klazz, map);
     }
 
-    public static RubyClass createMapJavaProxy(ThreadContext context) {
-        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
+    private static final ObjectAllocator ALLOCATOR = new ObjectAllocator() {
+        public MapJavaProxy allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klazz) {
+            return new MapJavaProxy(runtime, klazz);
+        }
+    };
 
-        RubyClass mapJavaProxy = runtime.defineClass("MapJavaProxy",
-                runtime.getJavaSupport().getConcreteProxyClass(),
-                new ObjectAllocator() {
-            public IRubyObject allocate(Ruby runtime, RubyClass klazz) {
-                return new MapJavaProxy(runtime, klazz);
-            }
-        });
+    public static RubyClass createMapJavaProxy(final Ruby runtime) {
+        RubyClass MapJavaProxy = runtime.defineClass(
+            "MapJavaProxy", runtime.getJavaSupport().getConcreteProxyClass(), ALLOCATOR
+        );
         // this is done while proxy class is created.
         // See org.jruby.javasuppoer.java.createProxyClass()
-        //mapJavaProxy.defineAnnotatedMethods(MapJavaProxy.class);
-        ConcreteJavaProxy.initialize(mapJavaProxy);
-        return mapJavaProxy;
+        // MapJavaProxy.defineAnnotatedMethods(MapJavaProxy.class);
+        ConcreteJavaProxy.initialize(MapJavaProxy);
+        return MapJavaProxy;
     }
 
     private RubyHashMap getOrCreateRubyHashMap() {
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ public RubyHashMap(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject receiver) {
             super(runtime);
             this.receiver = receiver;
         }
-        
+
         private void setSize(int size) {
             this.size = size;
         }
-        
+
         private Map getMap() {
             return (Map) ((JavaProxy)receiver).getObject();
         }
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ public RubyHashEntry internalGetEntry(IRubyObject key) {
             Map map = getMap();
             Object convertedKey = key.toJava(Object.class);
             Object value = map.get(convertedKey);
-            
+
             if (value != null) {
                 RubyHashEntry rubyEntry = new RubyHashEntry(key.hashCode(), key, JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObject(getRuntime(), value), null, null);
                 return rubyEntry;
             }
-            
+
             return NO_ENTRY;
         }
 
@@ -145,28 +145,28 @@ public RubyHashEntry internalDelete(final IRubyObject key) {
             Map map = getMap();
             Object convertedKey = key.toJava(Object.class);
             Object value = map.get(convertedKey);
-            
+
             if (value != null) {
                 RubyHashEntry rubyEntry = new RubyHashEntry(key.hashCode(), key, JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObject(getRuntime(), value), null, null);
                 map.remove(convertedKey);
                 size = map.size();
                 return rubyEntry;
             }
-            
+
             return NO_ENTRY;
         }
 
         @Override
         public RubyHashEntry internalDeleteEntry(final RubyHashEntry entry) {
             Map map = getMap();
             Object convertedKey = ((IRubyObject)entry.getKey()).toJava(Object.class);
-            
+
             if (map.containsKey(convertedKey)) {
                 map.remove(convertedKey);
                 size = map.size();
                 return entry;
             }
-            
+
             return NO_ENTRY;
         }
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public RubyHash rehash() {
         public RubyHash rb_clear() {
             getMap().clear();
             size = 0;
-            
+
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public RubyFixnum hash() {
     public IRubyObject fetch(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject key, Block block) {
         return getOrCreateRubyHashMap().fetch(context, key, block);
     }
-    
+
     @JRubyMethod
     public IRubyObject fetch(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject key, IRubyObject _default, Block block) {
         return getOrCreateRubyHashMap().fetch(context, key, _default, block);

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/Java.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/Java.java
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ public void load(Ruby runtime, boolean wrap) {
         runtime.getLoadService().load("jruby/java.rb", false);
 
         // rewite ArrayJavaProxy superclass to point at Object, so it inherits Object behaviors
-        RubyClass ajp = runtime.getClass("ArrayJavaProxy");
-        ajp.setSuperClass(runtime.getJavaSupport().getObjectJavaClass().getProxyClass());
-        ajp.includeModule(runtime.getEnumerable());
+        final RubyClass ArrayJavaProxy = runtime.getClass("ArrayJavaProxy");
+        ArrayJavaProxy.setSuperClass(runtime.getJavaSupport().getObjectJavaClass().getProxyClass());
+        ArrayJavaProxy.includeModule(runtime.getEnumerable());
 
         RubyClassPathVariable.createClassPathVariable(runtime);
 
@@ -138,18 +138,20 @@ public void load(Ruby runtime, boolean wrap) {
         runtime.getObject().setConstantQuiet("ENV_JAVA", new MapJavaProxy(runtime, proxyClass, systemProperties));
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public static RubyModule createJavaModule(final Ruby runtime) {
-        ThreadContext context = runtime.getCurrentContext();
-        RubyModule javaModule = runtime.defineModule("Java");
+        final ThreadContext context = runtime.getCurrentContext();
+
+        final RubyModule Java = runtime.defineModule("Java");
 
-        javaModule.defineAnnotatedMethods(Java.class);
+        Java.defineAnnotatedMethods(Java.class);
 
-        JavaObject.createJavaObjectClass(runtime, javaModule);
-        JavaArray.createJavaArrayClass(runtime, javaModule);
-        JavaClass.createJavaClassClass(runtime, javaModule);
-        JavaMethod.createJavaMethodClass(runtime, javaModule);
-        JavaConstructor.createJavaConstructorClass(runtime, javaModule);
-        JavaField.createJavaFieldClass(runtime, javaModule);
+        final RubyClass _JavaObject = JavaObject.createJavaObjectClass(runtime, Java);
+        JavaArray.createJavaArrayClass(runtime, Java, _JavaObject);
+        JavaClass.createJavaClassClass(runtime, Java, _JavaObject);
+        JavaMethod.createJavaMethodClass(runtime, Java);
+        JavaConstructor.createJavaConstructorClass(runtime, Java);
+        JavaField.createJavaFieldClass(runtime, Java);
 
         // set of utility methods for Java-based proxy objects
         JavaProxyMethods.createJavaProxyMethods(context);
@@ -162,17 +164,15 @@ public static RubyModule createJavaModule(final Ruby runtime) {
         ArrayJavaProxy.createArrayJavaProxy(context);
 
         // creates ruby's hash methods' proxy for Map interface
-        MapJavaProxy.createMapJavaProxy(context);
+        MapJavaProxy.createMapJavaProxy(runtime);
 
         // also create the JavaProxy* classes
         JavaProxyClass.createJavaProxyModule(runtime);
 
         // The template for interface modules
         JavaInterfaceTemplate.createJavaInterfaceTemplateModule(context);
 
-        RubyModule javaUtils = runtime.defineModule("JavaUtilities");
-
-        javaUtils.defineAnnotatedMethods(JavaUtilities.class);
+        runtime.defineModule("JavaUtilities").defineAnnotatedMethods(JavaUtilities.class);
 
         JavaArrayUtilities.createJavaArrayUtilitiesModule(runtime);
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public static RubyModule createJavaModule(final Ruby runtime) {
         // add some base Java classes everyone will need
         runtime.getJavaSupport().setObjectJavaClass( JavaClass.get(runtime, Object.class) );
 
-        return javaModule;
+        return Java;
     }
 
     public static class OldStyleExtensionInherited {
@@ -722,10 +722,11 @@ public static IRubyObject concrete_proxy_inherited(final IRubyObject clazz, fina
         if ( ! ( subclazz instanceof RubyClass ) ) {
             throw runtime.newTypeError(subclazz, runtime.getClassClass());
         }
-        return setupJavaSubclass(context, (RubyClass) subclazz);
+        setupJavaSubclass(context, (RubyClass) subclazz);
+        return context.nil;
     }
 
-    private static IRubyObject setupJavaSubclass(final ThreadContext context, final RubyClass subclass) {
+    private static void setupJavaSubclass(final ThreadContext context, final RubyClass subclass) {
 
         subclass.getInstanceVariables().setInstanceVariable("@java_proxy_class", context.nil);
 
@@ -753,17 +754,15 @@ public IRubyObject call(final ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyModul
                     self.getMetaClass().getInstanceVariables().setInstanceVariable("@java_proxy_class", proxyClass);
                 }
 
-                JavaProxyClass realProxyClass = (JavaProxyClass)proxyClass;
-                RubyArray constructors = realProxyClass.constructors();
-                ArrayList<JavaProxyConstructor> forArity = new ArrayList<JavaProxyConstructor>();
-                for (int i = 0; i < constructors.size(); i++) {
-                    JavaProxyConstructor constructor = (JavaProxyConstructor)constructors.eltInternal(i);
-                    if (constructor.getParameterTypes().length == args.length) {
-                        forArity.add(constructor);
-                    }
+                final int argsLength = args.length;
+                final RubyArray constructors = ((JavaProxyClass) proxyClass).constructors();
+                ArrayList<JavaProxyConstructor> forArity = new ArrayList<JavaProxyConstructor>(constructors.size());
+                for ( int i = 0; i < constructors.size(); i++ ) {
+                    JavaProxyConstructor constructor = (JavaProxyConstructor) constructors.eltInternal(i);
+                    if ( constructor.getParameterTypes().length == argsLength ) forArity.add(constructor);
                 }
 
-                if (forArity.size() == 0) {
+                if ( forArity.size() == 0 ) {
                     throw context.runtime.newArgumentError("wrong number of arguments for constructor");
                 }
 
@@ -775,18 +774,16 @@ public IRubyObject call(final ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyModul
                     throw context.runtime.newArgumentError("wrong number of arguments for constructor");
                 }
 
-                Object[] newArgs = new Object[args.length];
+                final Object[] javaArgs = new Object[argsLength];
                 Class[] parameterTypes = matching.getParameterTypes();
-                for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
-                    newArgs[i] = args[i].toJava(parameterTypes[i]);
+                for ( int i = 0; i < argsLength; i++ ) {
+                    javaArgs[i] = args[i].toJava(parameterTypes[i]);
                 }
 
-                JavaObject newObject = matching.newInstance(self, newArgs);
+                JavaObject newObject = matching.newInstance(self, javaArgs);
                 return JavaUtilities.set_java_object(self, self, newObject);
             }
         });
-
-        return context.nil;
     }
 
     // package scheme 2: separate module for each full package name, constructed
@@ -1112,19 +1109,39 @@ public static IRubyObject const_missing(final ThreadContext context,
         // constant access won't pay the "penalty" for adding dynamic methods ...
         final RubyModule packageOrClass = getTopLevelProxyOrPackage(runtime, constName, false);
         if ( packageOrClass != null ) {
-            final RubyModule javaModule = (RubyModule) self;
+            final RubyModule Java = (RubyModule) self;
             // NOTE: if it's a package createPackageModule already set the constant
             // ... but in case it's a (top-level) Java class name we still need to:
-            synchronized (javaModule) {
-                final IRubyObject alreadySet = javaModule.fetchConstant(constName);
+            synchronized (Java) {
+                final IRubyObject alreadySet = Java.fetchConstant(constName);
                 if ( alreadySet != null ) return (RubyModule) alreadySet;
-                javaModule.setConstant(constName, packageOrClass);
+                Java.setConstant(constName, packageOrClass);
             }
             return packageOrClass;
         }
         return context.nil; // TODO compatibility - should be throwing instead, right !?
     }
 
+    @JRubyMethod(name = "method_missing", meta = true, required = 1)
+    public static IRubyObject method_missing(ThreadContext context, final IRubyObject self,
+        final IRubyObject name) { // JavaUtilities.get_top_level_proxy_or_package(name)
+        // NOTE: getTopLevelProxyOrPackage will bind the (cached) method for us :
+        final RubyModule result = getTopLevelProxyOrPackage(context.runtime, name.asJavaString(), true);
+        if ( result != null ) return result;
+        return context.nil; // TODO compatibility - should be throwing instead, right !?
+    }
+
+    @JRubyMethod(name = "method_missing", meta = true, rest = true)
+    public static IRubyObject method_missing(ThreadContext context, final IRubyObject self,
+        final IRubyObject[] args) {
+        final IRubyObject name = args[0];
+        if ( args.length > 1 ) {
+            final int count = args.length - 1;
+            throw context.runtime.newArgumentError("Java does not have a method `"+ name +"' with " + count + " arguments");
+        }
+        return method_missing(context, self, name);
+    }
+
     public static IRubyObject get_top_level_proxy_or_package(final ThreadContext context,
         final IRubyObject self, final IRubyObject name) {
         final RubyModule result = getTopLevelProxyOrPackage(context.runtime, name.asJavaString(), true);
@@ -1150,7 +1167,6 @@ public static IRubyObject java_to_ruby(IRubyObject recv, IRubyObject object, Blo
         }
     }
 
-    // TODO: Formalize conversion mechanisms between Java and Ruby
     /**
      * High-level object conversion utility.
      */

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaAccessibleObject.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaAccessibleObject.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Stefan Matthias Aust <sma@3plus4.de>
  * Copyright (C) 2004 David Corbin <dcorbin@users.sourceforge.net>
- * 
+ *
  * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
  * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
  * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
@@ -52,13 +52,19 @@ public static void registerRubyMethods(Ruby runtime, RubyClass result) {
 
     public abstract AccessibleObject accessibleObject();
 
-    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+    public boolean equals(final Object other) {
+        if ( this == other ) return true;
         return other instanceof JavaAccessibleObject &&
-                this.accessibleObject() == ((JavaAccessibleObject) other).accessibleObject();
+            this.accessibleObject().equals( ((JavaAccessibleObject) other).accessibleObject() );
+    }
+
+    boolean same(final JavaAccessibleObject that) {
+        if ( this == that ) return true;
+        return this.accessibleObject() == that.accessibleObject();
     }
 
     public int hashCode() {
-        return this.accessibleObject().hashCode();
+        return accessibleObject().hashCode();
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
@@ -67,13 +73,14 @@ public RubyFixnum hash() {
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = {"==", "eql?"})
-    public IRubyObject op_equal(IRubyObject other) {
-        return other instanceof JavaAccessibleObject && accessibleObject().equals(((JavaAccessibleObject) other).accessibleObject()) ? getRuntime().getTrue() : getRuntime().getFalse();
+    public RubyBoolean op_equal(final IRubyObject other) {
+        return RubyBoolean.newBoolean(getRuntime(), equals(other));
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = "equal?")
-    public IRubyObject same(IRubyObject other) {
-        return getRuntime().newBoolean(equals(other));
+    public RubyBoolean same(final IRubyObject other) {
+        final boolean same = other instanceof JavaAccessibleObject && same((JavaAccessibleObject) other);
+        return same ? getRuntime().getTrue() : getRuntime().getFalse();
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = "accessible?")
@@ -89,11 +96,12 @@ public IRubyObject setAccessible(IRubyObject object) {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @JRubyMethod
-    public IRubyObject annotation(IRubyObject annoClass) {
-        if (!(annoClass instanceof JavaClass)) {
+    public IRubyObject annotation(final IRubyObject annoClass) {
+        if ( ! ( annoClass instanceof JavaClass ) ) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError(annoClass, getRuntime().getJavaSupport().getJavaClassClass());
         }
-        return Java.getInstance(getRuntime(), accessibleObject().getAnnotation(((JavaClass) annoClass).javaClass()));
+        final Class annotation = ((JavaClass) annoClass).javaClass();
+        return Java.getInstance(getRuntime(), accessibleObject().getAnnotation(annotation));
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
@@ -116,22 +124,22 @@ public RubyBoolean declared_annotations_p() {
         return getRuntime().newBoolean(accessibleObject().getDeclaredAnnotations().length > 0);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @JRubyMethod(name = "annotation_present?")
-    public IRubyObject annotation_present_p(IRubyObject annoClass) {
-        if (!(annoClass instanceof JavaClass)) {
+    public IRubyObject annotation_present_p(final IRubyObject annoClass) {
+        if ( ! ( annoClass instanceof JavaClass ) ) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError(annoClass, getRuntime().getJavaSupport().getJavaClassClass());
         }
-        return getRuntime().newBoolean(this.accessibleObject().isAnnotationPresent(((JavaClass) annoClass).javaClass()));
+        final Class annotation = ((JavaClass) annoClass).javaClass();
+        return getRuntime().newBoolean( accessibleObject().isAnnotationPresent(annotation) );
     }
 
     // for our purposes, Accessibles are also Members, and vice-versa,
     // so we'll include Member methods here.
     @JRubyMethod
     public IRubyObject declaring_class() {
         Class<?> clazz = ((Member) accessibleObject()).getDeclaringClass();
-        if (clazz != null) {
-            return JavaClass.get(getRuntime(), clazz);
-        }
+        if ( clazz != null ) return JavaClass.get(getRuntime(), clazz);
         return getRuntime().getNil();
     }
 
@@ -152,6 +160,20 @@ public IRubyObject synthetic_p() {
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = {"to_s", "to_string"})
     public RubyString to_string() {
-        return getRuntime().newString(accessibleObject().toString());
+        return getRuntime().newString( toString() );
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return accessibleObject().toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object toJava(Class target) {
+        if ( AccessibleObject.class.isAssignableFrom(target) ) {
+            return accessibleObject();
+        }
+        return super.toJava(target);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaArray.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaArray.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Jan Arne Petersen <jpetersen@uni-bonn.de>
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Thomas E Enebo <enebo@acm.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Stefan Matthias Aust <sma@3plus4.de>
- * 
+ *
  * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
  * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
  * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
@@ -44,20 +44,23 @@
 
 @JRubyClass(name="Java::JavaArray", parent="Java::JavaObject")
 public class JavaArray extends JavaObject {
-    private JavaUtil.JavaConverter javaConverter;
-
+
+    private final JavaUtil.JavaConverter javaConverter;
+
     public JavaArray(Ruby runtime, Object array) {
         super(runtime, runtime.getJavaSupport().getJavaArrayClass(), array);
         assert array.getClass().isArray();
         javaConverter = JavaUtil.getJavaConverter(array.getClass().getComponentType());
     }
 
-    public static RubyClass createJavaArrayClass(Ruby runtime, RubyModule javaModule) {
-        // FIXME: NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR is probably not right here, since we might
-        // eventually want JavaArray to be marshallable. JRUBY-414
-        return javaModule.defineClassUnder("JavaArray", javaModule.getClass("JavaObject"), ObjectAllocator.NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR);
+    public static RubyClass createJavaArrayClass(final Ruby runtime, final RubyModule Java) {
+        return createJavaArrayClass(runtime, Java, Java.getClass("JavaObject"));
+    }
+
+    static RubyClass createJavaArrayClass(final Ruby runtime, RubyModule Java, RubyClass JavaObject) {
+        return Java.defineClassUnder("JavaArray", JavaObject, ObjectAllocator.NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR);
     }
-    
+
     public Class getComponentType() {
         return getValue().getClass().getComponentType();
     }
@@ -88,16 +91,16 @@ public IRubyObject aset(IRubyObject index, IRubyObject value) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError("not a java object:" + value);
         }
         Object javaObject = ((JavaObject) value).getValue();
-        
+
         ArrayUtils.setWithExceptionHandlingDirect(getRuntime(), javaObject, intIndex, javaObject);
-        
+
         return value;
     }
 
     public IRubyObject asetDirect(Ruby runtime, int intIndex, IRubyObject value) {
         return ArrayUtils.asetDirect(runtime, getValue(), javaConverter, intIndex, value);
     }
-    
+
     public void setWithExceptionHandling(int intIndex, Object javaObject) {
         ArrayUtils.setWithExceptionHandlingDirect(getRuntime(), getValue(), intIndex, javaObject);
     }
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ public IRubyObject afill(IRubyObject beginIndex, IRubyObject endIndex, IRubyObje
         fillWithExceptionHandling(intIndex, intEndIndex, javaObject);
         return value;
     }
-    
+
     public void fillWithExceptionHandling(int intIndex, int intEndIndex, Object javaObject) {
         try {
           for ( ; intIndex < intEndIndex; intIndex++) {

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaCallable.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaCallable.java
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 package org.jruby.javasupport;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Member;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
@@ -43,13 +45,15 @@
 import org.jruby.RubyFixnum;
 import org.jruby.RubyString;
 import org.jruby.anno.JRubyMethod;
+import org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException;
 import org.jruby.runtime.Helpers;
 import org.jruby.runtime.ThreadContext;
 import org.jruby.runtime.builtin.IRubyObject;
 import org.jruby.util.cli.Options;
 import static org.jruby.javasupport.JavaClass.toRubyArray;
 
 public abstract class JavaCallable extends JavaAccessibleObject implements ParameterTypes {
+
     protected final Class<?>[] parameterTypes;
 
     private static final boolean REWRITE_JAVA_TRACE = Options.REWRITE_JAVA_TRACE.load();
@@ -63,15 +67,20 @@ public static void registerRubyMethods(Ruby runtime, RubyClass result) {
         result.defineAnnotatedMethods(JavaCallable.class);
     }
 
-    public abstract int getArity();
+    public final int getArity() { return parameterTypes.length; }
+
+    public final Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() { return parameterTypes; }
+
+    //public abstract int getArity();
+    //public abstract Class<?>[] getParameterTypes();
     public abstract int getModifiers();
-    public abstract Class<?>[] getParameterTypes();
     public abstract Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes();
     public abstract Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes();
     public abstract Type[] getGenericParameterTypes();
     public abstract Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations();
     public abstract boolean isVarArgs();
     public abstract String toGenericString();
+
     /**
      * @return the name used in the head of the string returned from inspect()
      */
@@ -82,14 +91,8 @@ public final RubyFixnum arity() {
         return getRuntime().newFixnum(getArity());
     }
 
-    @JRubyMethod
-    public final RubyArray argument_types() {
-        return toRubyArray(getRuntime(), getParameterTypes());
-    }
-
-    // same as argument_types, but matches name in java.lang.reflect.Constructor/Method
-    @JRubyMethod
-    public RubyArray parameter_types() {
+    @JRubyMethod(name = { "argument_types", "parameter_types" })
+    public final RubyArray parameter_types() {
         return toRubyArray(getRuntime(), getParameterTypes());
     }
 
@@ -124,59 +127,104 @@ public RubyString to_generic_string() {
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
-    public IRubyObject inspect() {
-        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
-        result.append(nameOnInspection());
-        Class<?>[] parameterTypes = getParameterTypes();
-        for (int i = 0; i < parameterTypes.length; i++) {
-            result.append(parameterTypes[i].getName());
-            if (i < parameterTypes.length - 1) {
-                result.append(',');
-            }
+    public RubyString inspect() {
+        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
+        str.append( nameOnInspection() );
+        dumpParameterTypes(str, false);
+        str.append(")>");
+        return getRuntime().newString( str.toString() );
+    }
+
+    private CharSequence dumpParameterTypes(final StringBuilder str, final boolean brackets) {
+        if ( brackets ) str.append('[');
+        final Class<?>[] types = parameterTypes;
+        for ( int i = 0; i < types.length; i++ ) {
+            str.append( types[i].getName() );
+            if ( i < types.length - 1 ) str.append(',');
         }
-        result.append(")>");
-        return getRuntime().newString(result.toString());
+        if ( brackets ) str.append(']');
+        return str;
     }
 
-
     @JRubyMethod(name = "public?")
     public RubyBoolean public_p() {
         return RubyBoolean.newBoolean(getRuntime(), Modifier.isPublic(getModifiers()));
     }
 
-    protected void checkArity(int length) {
-        if (length != getArity()) {
+    protected final void checkArity(final int length) {
+        if ( length != getArity() ) {
             throw getRuntime().newArgumentError(length, getArity());
         }
     }
 
-    protected static String dumpArgTypes(Object[] arguments) {
-        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder("[");
-        for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
-            if (i > 0) {
-                str.append(",");
-            }
-            if (arguments[i] == null) {
-                str.append("null");
-            } else {
-                str.append(arguments[i].getClass().getName());
-            }
+    final Object[] convertArguments(final IRubyObject[] args) {
+        return convertArguments(args, 0);
+    }
+
+    final Object[] convertArguments(final IRubyObject[] args, int offset) {
+        final Object[] arguments = new Object[ args.length - offset ];
+        final Class<?>[] types = parameterTypes;
+        for ( int i = arguments.length; --i >= 0; ) {
+            arguments[i] = args[ i + offset ].toJava( types[i] );
         }
-        str.append("]");
-        return str.toString();
+        return arguments;
     }
 
-    protected IRubyObject handleThrowable(ThreadContext context, Throwable t) {
+    protected final IRubyObject handleThrowable(ThreadContext context, final Throwable ex) {
         if (REWRITE_JAVA_TRACE) {
-            Helpers.rewriteStackTraceAndThrow(context, t);
+            Helpers.rewriteStackTraceAndThrow(context, ex);
         }
 
-        Helpers.throwException(t);
-        // not reached
-        return getRuntime().getNil();
+        Helpers.throwException(ex);
+        return null; // not reached
     }
 
-    protected IRubyObject handleInvocationTargetEx(ThreadContext context, InvocationTargetException ite) {
-        return handleThrowable(context, ite.getTargetException());
+    protected final IRubyObject handleInvocationTargetEx(ThreadContext context, InvocationTargetException ex) {
+        return handleThrowable(context, ex.getTargetException());
     }
+
+    final IRubyObject handleIllegalAccessEx(final IllegalAccessException ex, Member target) throws RaiseException {
+        throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal access on '" + target.getName() + "': " + ex.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    final IRubyObject handleIllegalAccessEx(final IllegalAccessException ex, Constructor target)  throws RaiseException {
+        throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal access on constructor for type '" + target.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName() + "': " + ex.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    final IRubyObject handlelIllegalArgumentEx(final IllegalArgumentException ex, Method target, Object... arguments) throws RaiseException {
+        final StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder(64);
+        msg.append("for method ").append( target.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName() )
+           .append('.').append( target.getName() );
+        msg.append(" expected "); dumpParameterTypes(msg, true);
+        msg.append("; got: "); dumpArgTypes(arguments, msg);
+        msg.append("; error: ").append( ex.getMessage() );
+        throw getRuntime().newTypeError( msg.toString() );
+    }
+
+    final IRubyObject handlelIllegalArgumentEx(final IllegalArgumentException ex, Constructor target, Object... arguments) throws RaiseException {
+        return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(ex, target, true, arguments);
+    }
+
+    final IRubyObject handlelIllegalArgumentEx(final IllegalArgumentException ex, Constructor target, final boolean targetInfo, Object... arguments) throws RaiseException {
+        final StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder(64);
+        if ( targetInfo ) {
+            msg.append("for constructor of type ").append( target.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName() );
+        }
+        msg.append(" expected "); dumpParameterTypes(msg, true);
+        msg.append("; got: "); dumpArgTypes(arguments, msg);
+        msg.append("; error: ").append( ex.getMessage() );
+        throw getRuntime().newTypeError( msg.toString() );
+    }
+
+    static CharSequence dumpArgTypes(final Object[] args, final StringBuilder str) {
+        str.append('[');
+        for ( int i = 0; i < args.length; i++ ) {
+            if ( i > 0 ) str.append(',');
+            if ( args[i] == null ) str.append("null");
+            else str.append( args[i].getClass().getName() );
+        }
+        str.append(']');
+        return str;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaClass.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaClass.java
@@ -64,34 +64,32 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.jruby.util.CodegenUtils;
 
 @JRubyClass(name="Java::JavaClass", parent="Java::JavaObject")
 public class JavaClass extends JavaObject {
 
-    // caching constructors, as they're accessed for each new instance
-    private volatile RubyArray constructors;
-
-    public RubyModule getProxyModule() {
-        return Java.getProxyClass(getRuntime(), (Class)getValue());
-    }
-
-    public RubyClass getProxyClass() {
-        return (RubyClass)Java.getProxyClass(getRuntime(), (Class)getValue());
-    }
-
     public JavaClass(final Ruby runtime, final Class<?> javaClass) {
         super(runtime, runtime.getJavaSupport().getJavaClassClass(), javaClass);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object other) {
-        return other instanceof JavaClass &&
-            this.getValue() == ((JavaClass) other).getValue();
+    public final boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if ( this == other ) return true;
+        return other instanceof JavaClass && this.getValue() == ((JavaClass) other).getValue();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int hashCode() {
-        return javaClass().hashCode();
+    public final int hashCode() {
+        return getValue().hashCode();
+    }
+
+    public final RubyModule getProxyModule() {
+        return Java.getProxyClass(getRuntime(), javaClass());
+    }
+
+    public final RubyClass getProxyClass() {
+        return (RubyClass) Java.getProxyClass(getRuntime(), javaClass());
     }
 
     public void addProxyExtender(final IRubyObject extender) {
@@ -133,26 +131,30 @@ static RubyArray toRubyArray(final Ruby runtime, final Class<?>[] classes) {
         return RubyArray.newArrayNoCopy(runtime, javaClasses);
     }
 
-    public static RubyClass createJavaClassClass(Ruby runtime, RubyModule javaModule) {
+    public static RubyClass createJavaClassClass(final Ruby runtime, final RubyModule Java) {
+        return createJavaClassClass(runtime, Java, Java.getClass("JavaObject"));
+    }
+
+    static RubyClass createJavaClassClass(final Ruby runtime, final RubyModule Java, final RubyClass JavaObject) {
         // FIXME: Determine if a real allocator is needed here. Do people want to extend
         // JavaClass? Do we want them to do that? Can you Class.new(JavaClass)? Should
         // you be able to?
         // TODO: NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR is probably ok here, since we don't intend for people to monkey with
         // this type and it can't be marshalled. Confirm. JRUBY-415
-        RubyClass result = javaModule.defineClassUnder("JavaClass", javaModule.getClass("JavaObject"), ObjectAllocator.NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR);
+        RubyClass JavaCLass = Java.defineClassUnder("JavaClass", JavaObject, ObjectAllocator.NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR);
 
-        result.includeModule(runtime.getModule("Comparable"));
+        JavaCLass.includeModule(runtime.getModule("Comparable"));
 
-        result.defineAnnotatedMethods(JavaClass.class);
+        JavaCLass.defineAnnotatedMethods(JavaClass.class);
 
-        result.getMetaClass().undefineMethod("new");
-        result.getMetaClass().undefineMethod("allocate");
+        JavaCLass.getMetaClass().undefineMethod("new");
+        JavaCLass.getMetaClass().undefineMethod("allocate");
 
-        return result;
+        return JavaCLass;
     }
 
-    public Class javaClass() {
-        return (Class) getValue();
+    public final Class javaClass() {
+        return (Class<?>) getValue();
     }
 
     public static Class<?> getJavaClass(final ThreadContext context, final RubyModule proxy) {
@@ -271,8 +273,8 @@ public RubyString name() {
         return getRuntime().newString(javaClass().getName());
     }
 
-    @JRubyMethod
     @Override
+    @JRubyMethod
     public RubyString inspect() {
         return getRuntime().newString("class " + javaClass().getName());
     }
@@ -332,11 +334,13 @@ public IRubyObject resource_as_string(IRubyObject name) {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @JRubyMethod(required = 1)
-    public IRubyObject annotation(IRubyObject annoClass) {
-        if (!(annoClass instanceof JavaClass)) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError(annoClass, getRuntime().getJavaSupport().getJavaClassClass());
+    public IRubyObject annotation(final IRubyObject annoClass) {
+        final Ruby runtime = getRuntime();
+        if ( ! ( annoClass instanceof JavaClass ) ) {
+            throw runtime.newTypeError(annoClass, runtime.getJavaSupport().getJavaClassClass());
         }
-        return Java.getInstance(getRuntime(), javaClass().getAnnotation(((JavaClass) annoClass).javaClass()));
+        final Class annotation = ((JavaClass) annoClass).javaClass();
+        return Java.getInstance(runtime, javaClass().getAnnotation(annotation));
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
@@ -365,11 +369,13 @@ public RubyBoolean declared_annotations_p() {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @JRubyMethod(name = "annotation_present?", required = 1)
-    public IRubyObject annotation_present_p(IRubyObject annoClass) {
-        if (!(annoClass instanceof JavaClass)) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError(annoClass, getRuntime().getJavaSupport().getJavaClassClass());
+    public IRubyObject annotation_present_p(final IRubyObject annoClass) {
+        final Ruby runtime = getRuntime();
+        if ( ! ( annoClass instanceof JavaClass ) ) {
+            throw runtime.newTypeError(annoClass, runtime.getJavaSupport().getJavaClassClass());
         }
-        return getRuntime().newBoolean(javaClass().isAnnotationPresent(((JavaClass)annoClass).javaClass()));
+        final Class annotation = ((JavaClass) annoClass).javaClass();
+        return runtime.newBoolean( javaClass().isAnnotationPresent(annotation) );
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
@@ -468,28 +474,29 @@ public IRubyObject superclass() {
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = "<=>", required = 1)
     public IRubyObject op_cmp(IRubyObject other) {
-        Class me = javaClass();
-        Class them = null;
+        final Class<?> thisClass = javaClass();
+        Class<?> otherClass = null;
 
         // dig out the other class
         if (other instanceof JavaClass) {
-            JavaClass otherClass = (JavaClass) other;
-            them = otherClass.javaClass();
-        } else if (other instanceof ConcreteJavaProxy) {
-            ConcreteJavaProxy proxy = (ConcreteJavaProxy)other;
-            if (proxy.getObject() instanceof Class) {
-                them = (Class)proxy.getObject();
+            otherClass = ( (JavaClass) other ).javaClass();
+        }
+        else if (other instanceof ConcreteJavaProxy) {
+            ConcreteJavaProxy proxy = (ConcreteJavaProxy) other;
+            final Object wrapped = proxy.getObject();
+            if ( wrapped instanceof Class ) {
+                otherClass = (Class) wrapped;
             }
         }
 
-        if (them != null) {
-            if (this.javaClass() == them) {
+        if ( otherClass != null ) {
+            if ( thisClass == otherClass ) {
                 return getRuntime().newFixnum(0);
             }
-            if (them.isAssignableFrom(me)) {
+            if ( otherClass.isAssignableFrom(thisClass) ) {
                 return getRuntime().newFixnum(-1);
             }
-            if (me.isAssignableFrom(them)) {
+            if ( thisClass.isAssignableFrom(otherClass) ) {
                 return getRuntime().newFixnum(1);
             }
         }
@@ -607,6 +614,9 @@ private static Class<?>[] buildArgumentTypes(final Ruby runtime,
         return argumentTypes;
     }
 
+    // caching constructors, as they're accessed for each new instance
+    private volatile RubyArray constructors; // TODO seems not used that often?
+
     @JRubyMethod
     public RubyArray constructors() {
         final RubyArray constructors = this.constructors;
@@ -877,43 +887,44 @@ public RubyArray interfaces() {
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = "primitive?")
     public RubyBoolean primitive_p() {
-        return getRuntime().newBoolean(isPrimitive());
+        return getRuntime().newBoolean( isPrimitive() );
     }
 
     boolean isPrimitive() { return javaClass().isPrimitive(); }
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = "assignable_from?", required = 1)
     public RubyBoolean assignable_from_p(IRubyObject other) {
-        if (! (other instanceof JavaClass)) {
+        if ( ! (other instanceof JavaClass) ) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError("assignable_from requires JavaClass (" + other.getType() + " given)");
         }
 
         Class<?> otherClass = ((JavaClass) other).javaClass();
-        return assignable(javaClass(), otherClass) ? getRuntime().getTrue() : getRuntime().getFalse();
+        return isAssignableFrom(otherClass) ? getRuntime().getTrue() : getRuntime().getFalse();
+    }
+
+    public final boolean isAssignableFrom(final Class<?> clazz) {
+        return assignable(javaClass(), clazz);
     }
 
-    public static boolean assignable(Class<?> thisClass, Class<?> otherClass) {
-        if(!thisClass.isPrimitive() && otherClass == Void.TYPE ||
-            thisClass.isAssignableFrom(otherClass)) {
+    public static boolean assignable(Class<?> target, Class<?> from) {
+        if ( target.isPrimitive() ) target = CodegenUtils.getBoxType(target);
+        else if ( from == Void.TYPE || target.isAssignableFrom(from) ) {
             return true;
         }
+        if ( from.isPrimitive() ) from = CodegenUtils.getBoxType(from);
 
-        otherClass = JavaUtil.primitiveToWrapper(otherClass);
-        thisClass = JavaUtil.primitiveToWrapper(thisClass);
+        if ( target.isAssignableFrom(from) ) return true;
 
-        if(thisClass.isAssignableFrom(otherClass)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if(Number.class.isAssignableFrom(thisClass)) {
-            if(Number.class.isAssignableFrom(otherClass)) {
+        if ( Number.class.isAssignableFrom(target) ) {
+            if ( Number.class.isAssignableFrom(from) ) {
                 return true;
             }
-            if(otherClass.equals(Character.class)) {
+            if ( from == Character.class ) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
-        if(thisClass.equals(Character.class)) {
-            if(Number.class.isAssignableFrom(otherClass)) {
+        else if ( target == Character.class ) {
+            if ( Number.class.isAssignableFrom(from) ) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -928,16 +939,16 @@ public JavaClass component_type() {
         return JavaClass.get(getRuntime(), javaClass().getComponentType());
     }
 
-    public static Constructor[] getConstructors(Class<?> javaClass) {
+    public static Constructor[] getConstructors(final Class<?> clazz) {
         try {
-            return javaClass.getConstructors();
+            return clazz.getConstructors();
         }
         catch (SecurityException e) { return new Constructor[0]; }
     }
 
-    public static Class<?>[] getDeclaredClasses(Class<?> javaClass) {
+    public static Class<?>[] getDeclaredClasses(final Class<?> clazz) {
         try {
-            return javaClass.getDeclaredClasses();
+            return clazz.getDeclaredClasses();
         }
         catch (SecurityException e) { return new Class<?>[0]; }
         catch (NoClassDefFoundError cnfe) {
@@ -949,18 +960,18 @@ public static Class<?>[] getDeclaredClasses(Class<?> javaClass) {
         }
     }
 
-    public static Field[] getDeclaredFields(Class<?> javaClass) {
+    public static Field[] getDeclaredFields(final Class<?> clazz) {
         try {
-            return javaClass.getDeclaredFields();
+            return clazz.getDeclaredFields();
         }
         catch (SecurityException e) {
-            return getFields(javaClass);
+            return getFields(clazz);
         }
     }
 
-    public static Field[] getFields(Class<?> javaClass) {
+    public static Field[] getFields(final Class<?> clazz) {
         try {
-            return javaClass.getFields();
+            return clazz.getFields();
         }
         catch (SecurityException e) { return new Field[0]; }
     }

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaConstructor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaConstructor.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Stefan Matthias Aust <sma@3plus4.de>
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Thomas E Enebo <enebo@acm.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2004 David Corbin <dcorbin@users.sourceforge.net>
- * 
+ *
  * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
  * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
  * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@
 
 @JRubyClass(name="Java::JavaConstructor")
 public class JavaConstructor extends JavaCallable {
+
     private final Constructor<?> constructor;
-    private final JavaUtil.JavaConverter objectConverter;
+    //private final JavaUtil.JavaConverter objectConverter;
 
-    public Object getValue() {
-        return constructor;
-    }
+    public final Constructor getValue() { return constructor; }
 
     public static RubyClass createJavaConstructorClass(Ruby runtime, RubyModule javaModule) {
         // TODO: NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR is probably ok here, since we don't intend for people to monkey with
@@ -66,116 +65,118 @@ public static RubyClass createJavaConstructorClass(Ruby runtime, RubyModule java
 
         JavaAccessibleObject.registerRubyMethods(runtime, result);
         JavaCallable.registerRubyMethods(runtime, result);
-        
+
         result.defineAnnotatedMethods(JavaConstructor.class);
-        
+
         return result;
     }
 
     public JavaConstructor(Ruby runtime, Constructor<?> constructor) {
         super(runtime, runtime.getJavaSupport().getJavaConstructorClass(), constructor.getParameterTypes());
         this.constructor = constructor;
-
-        this.objectConverter = JavaUtil.getJavaConverter(constructor.getDeclaringClass());
+        //this.objectConverter = JavaUtil.getJavaConverter(constructor.getDeclaringClass());
     }
 
     public static JavaConstructor create(Ruby runtime, Constructor<?> constructor) {
         return new JavaConstructor(runtime, constructor);
     }
-
-    public static JavaConstructor getMatchingConstructor(Ruby runtime, Class<?> javaClass, Class<?>[] argumentTypes) {
+
+    public static JavaConstructor getMatchingConstructor(final Ruby runtime,
+        final Class<?> javaClass, final Class<?>[] argumentTypes) {
         try {
             return create(runtime, javaClass.getConstructor(argumentTypes));
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+        }
+        catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            final int argLength = argumentTypes.length;
             // Java reflection does not allow retrieving constructors like methods
-            CtorSearch: for (Constructor<?> ctor : javaClass.getConstructors()) {
-                Class<?>[] targetTypes = ctor.getParameterTypes();
-
+            Search: for (Constructor<?> ctor : javaClass.getConstructors()) {
+                final Class<?>[] ctorTypes = ctor.getParameterTypes();
+                final int ctorLength = ctorTypes.length;
+
+                if ( ctorLength != argLength ) continue Search;
                 // for zero args case we can stop searching
-                if (targetTypes.length != argumentTypes.length) {
-                    continue CtorSearch;
-                } else if (targetTypes.length == 0 && argumentTypes.length == 0) {
+                if ( ctorLength == 0 && argLength == 0 ) {
                     return create(runtime, ctor);
-                } else {
-                    boolean found = true;
-
-                    TypeScan: for (int i = 0; i < argumentTypes.length; i++) {
-                        if (i >= targetTypes.length) found = false;
-
-                        if (targetTypes[i].isAssignableFrom(argumentTypes[i])) {
-                            found = true;
-                            continue TypeScan;
-                        } else {
-                            found = false;
-                            continue CtorSearch;
-                        }
-                    }
+                }
 
-                    // if we get here, we found a matching method, use it
-                    // TODO: choose narrowest method by continuing to search
-                    if (found) {
-                        return create(runtime, ctor);
+                boolean found = true;
+                TypeScan: for ( int i = 0; i < argLength; i++ ) {
+                    //if ( i >= ctorLength ) found = false;
+                    if ( ctorTypes[i].isAssignableFrom(argumentTypes[i]) ) {
+                        found = true; // continue TypeScan;
+                    } else {
+                        continue Search; // not-found
                     }
                 }
+
+                // if we get here, we found a matching method, use it
+                // TODO: choose narrowest method by continuing to search
+                if ( found ) return create(runtime, ctor);
             }
         }
-        // no matching ctor found
-        return null;
+        return null; // no matching ctor found
     }
 
-    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+    public final boolean equals(Object other) {
         return other instanceof JavaConstructor &&
-            this.constructor == ((JavaConstructor)other).constructor;
+            this.constructor.equals( ((JavaConstructor) other).constructor );
     }
-    
-    public int hashCode() {
+
+    public final int hashCode() {
         return constructor.hashCode();
     }
 
-    public int getArity() {
-        return parameterTypes.length;
-    }
-
     protected String nameOnInspection() {
         return getType().toString();
     }
 
-    public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
-        return parameterTypes;
-    }
+    //@Override
+    //public final int getArity() {
+    //    return parameterTypes.length;
+    //}
+
+    //@Override
+    //public final Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
+    //    return parameterTypes;
+    //}
 
-    public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes() {
+    @Override
+    public final Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes() {
         return constructor.getExceptionTypes();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public Type[] getGenericParameterTypes() {
         return constructor.getGenericParameterTypes();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes() {
         return constructor.getGenericExceptionTypes();
     }
 
     public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations() {
         return constructor.getParameterAnnotations();
     }
-
-    public boolean isVarArgs() {
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isVarArgs() {
         return constructor.isVarArgs();
     }
 
-    public int getModifiers() {
+    @Override
+    public final int getModifiers() {
         return constructor.getModifiers();
     }
-    
+
     public String toGenericString() {
         return constructor.toGenericString();
     }
 
     public AccessibleObject accessibleObject() {
         return constructor;
     }
-    
+
     @JRubyMethod
     public IRubyObject type_parameters() {
         return Java.getInstance(getRuntime(), constructor.getTypeParameters());
@@ -187,52 +188,30 @@ public IRubyObject return_type() {
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod(rest = true)
-    public IRubyObject new_instance(IRubyObject[] args) {
-        int length = args.length;
-        Class<?>[] types = parameterTypes;
-        if (length != types.length) {
-            throw getRuntime().newArgumentError(length, types.length);
-        }
-        Object[] constructorArguments = new Object[length];
-        for (int i = length; --i >= 0; ) {
-            constructorArguments[i] = args[i].toJava(types[i]);
-        }
-        try {
-            Object result = constructor.newInstance(constructorArguments);
-            return JavaObject.wrap(getRuntime(), result);
-
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError("expected " + argument_types().inspect() +
-                                              ", got [" + constructorArguments[0].getClass().getName() + ", ...]");
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal access");
-        } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
-            getRuntime().getJavaSupport().handleNativeException(ite.getTargetException(), constructor);
-            // not reached
-            assert false;
-            return null;
-        } catch (InstantiationException ie) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError("can't make instance of " + constructor.getDeclaringClass().getName());
-        }
+    public final IRubyObject new_instance(final IRubyObject[] args) {
+        return new_instance( convertArguments(args) );
     }
 
-    public IRubyObject new_instance(Object[] arguments) {
+    public final IRubyObject new_instance(final Object[] arguments) {
         checkArity(arguments.length);
 
         try {
             Object result = constructor.newInstance(arguments);
             return JavaObject.wrap(getRuntime(), result);
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError("expected " + argument_types().inspect() +
-                                              ", got [" + arguments[0].getClass().getName() + ", ...]");
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+        }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, constructor, false, arguments);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal access");
-        } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
+        }
+        catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             getRuntime().getJavaSupport().handleNativeException(ite.getTargetException(), constructor);
             // not reached
             assert false;
             return null;
-        } catch (InstantiationException ie) {
+        }
+        catch (InstantiationException ie) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError("can't make instance of " + constructor.getDeclaringClass().getName());
         }
     }
@@ -243,9 +222,9 @@ public Object newInstanceDirect(ThreadContext context, Object... arguments) {
         try {
             return constructor.newInstance(arguments);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, arguments);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, constructor, arguments);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, constructor);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -259,9 +238,9 @@ public Object newInstanceDirect(ThreadContext context) {
         try {
             return constructor.newInstance();
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, constructor);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, constructor);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -275,9 +254,9 @@ public Object newInstanceDirect(ThreadContext context, Object arg0) {
         try {
             return constructor.newInstance(arg0);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, arg0);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, constructor, arg0);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, constructor);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -291,9 +270,9 @@ public Object newInstanceDirect(ThreadContext context, Object arg0, Object arg1)
         try {
             return constructor.newInstance(arg0, arg1);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, arg0, arg1);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, constructor, arg0, arg1);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, constructor);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -307,9 +286,9 @@ public Object newInstanceDirect(ThreadContext context, Object arg0, Object arg1,
         try {
             return constructor.newInstance(arg0, arg1, arg2);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, arg0, arg1, arg2);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, constructor, arg0, arg1, arg2);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, constructor);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -323,29 +302,14 @@ public Object newInstanceDirect(ThreadContext context, Object arg0, Object arg1,
         try {
             return constructor.newInstance(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, constructor, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, constructor);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             return handleThrowable(context, t);
         }
     }
-
-    private IRubyObject handleIllegalAccessEx(IllegalAccessException iae) {
-        throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal access on constructor for type " + constructor.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName() + ": " + iae.getMessage());
-    }
-
-    private IRubyObject handlelIllegalArgumentEx(IllegalArgumentException iae, Object... arguments) {
-        throw getRuntime().newTypeError(
-                "for constructor of type " +
-                constructor.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName() +
-                " expected " +
-                argument_types().inspect() +
-                "; got: " +
-                dumpArgTypes(arguments) +
-                "; error: " +
-                iae.getMessage());
-    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaEmbedUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaEmbedUtils.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * rights and limitations under the License.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Thomas E Enebo <enebo@acm.org>
- * 
+ *
  * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
  * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
  * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
 public class JavaEmbedUtils {
     /**
      * Get an instance of a JRuby runtime.  Provide any loadpaths you want used at startup.
-     * 
-     * @param loadPaths to specify where to look for Ruby modules. 
+     *
+     * @param loadPaths to specify where to look for Ruby modules.
      * @return an instance
      */
-    public static Ruby initialize(List loadPaths) {
+    public static Ruby initialize(List<String> loadPaths) {
         return initialize(loadPaths, new RubyInstanceConfig());
     }
 
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public static Ruby initialize(List loadPaths) {
      * @param config a runtime configuration instance
      * @return an instance
      */
-    public static Ruby initialize(List loadPaths, RubyInstanceConfig config) {
+    public static Ruby initialize(List<String> loadPaths, RubyInstanceConfig config) {
         Ruby runtime = Ruby.newInstance(config);
-        runtime.getLoadService().addPaths((List<String>)loadPaths);
+        runtime.getLoadService().addPaths(loadPaths);
         runtime.getLoadService().require("java");
 
         return runtime;
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public IRubyObject run() {
 
     /**
      * Dispose of the runtime you initialized.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param runtime to be disposed of
      */
     public static void terminate(Ruby runtime) {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public static void terminate(Ruby runtime) {
 
     /**
      * Convenience function for embedders
-     * 
+     *
      * @param runtime environment where the invoke will occur
      * @param receiver is the instance that will receive the method call
      * @param method is method to be called
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ public static IRubyObject javaToRuby(Ruby runtime, Object value) {
         if (value instanceof IRubyObject) return (IRubyObject) value;
 
         IRubyObject result = JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObject(runtime, value);
-        
-        return result instanceof JavaObject ? Java.wrap(runtime, result) : result; 
+
+        return result instanceof JavaObject ? Java.wrap(runtime, result) : result;
     }
 
     public static IRubyObject javaToRuby(Ruby runtime, boolean value) {

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaField.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaField.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2004 David Corbin <dcorbin@users.sourceforge.net>
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Charles O Nutter <headius@headius.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2007 William N Dortch <bill.dortch@gmail.com>
- * 
+ *
  * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
  * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
  * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
@@ -50,19 +50,18 @@
 
 @JRubyClass(name="Java::JavaField")
 public class JavaField extends JavaAccessibleObject {
-    private Field field;
 
-    public Object getValue() {
-        return field;
-    }
+    private final Field field;
+
+    public final Field getValue() { return field; }
 
     public static RubyClass createJavaFieldClass(Ruby runtime, RubyModule javaModule) {
         // TODO: NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR is probably ok here, since we don't intend for people to monkey with
         // this type and it can't be marshalled. Confirm. JRUBY-415
         RubyClass result = javaModule.defineClassUnder("JavaField", runtime.getObject(), ObjectAllocator.NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR);
 
         JavaAccessibleObject.registerRubyMethods(runtime, result);
-        
+
         result.defineAnnotatedMethods(JavaField.class);
 
         return result;
@@ -73,12 +72,11 @@ public JavaField(Ruby runtime, Field field) {
         this.field = field;
     }
 
-    public boolean equals(Object other) {
-        return other instanceof JavaField &&
-            this.field == ((JavaField)other).field;
+    public final boolean equals(Object other) {
+        return other instanceof JavaField && this.field.equals( ((JavaField) other).field );
     }
-    
-    public int hashCode() {
+
+    public final int hashCode() {
         return field.hashCode();
     }
 
@@ -87,15 +85,6 @@ public RubyString value_type() {
         return getRuntime().newString(field.getType().getName());
     }
 
-    @JRubyMethod(name = {"==", "==="})
-    public IRubyObject op_equal(IRubyObject other) {
-    	if (!(other instanceof JavaField)) {
-    		return getRuntime().getFalse();
-    	}
-
-        return getRuntime().newBoolean(field.equals(((JavaField) other).field));
-    }
-
     @JRubyMethod(name = "public?")
     public RubyBoolean public_p() {
         return getRuntime().newBoolean(Modifier.isPublic(field.getModifiers()));
@@ -105,7 +94,7 @@ public RubyBoolean public_p() {
     public RubyBoolean static_p() {
         return getRuntime().newBoolean(Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers()));
     }
-    
+
     @JRubyMethod(name = "enum_constant?")
     public RubyBoolean enum_constant_p() {
         return getRuntime().newBoolean(field.isEnumConstant());
@@ -115,7 +104,7 @@ public RubyBoolean enum_constant_p() {
     public RubyString to_generic_string() {
         return getRuntime().newString(field.toGenericString());
     }
-    
+
     @JRubyMethod(name = "type")
     public IRubyObject field_type() {
         return JavaClass.get(getRuntime(), field.getType());
@@ -126,39 +115,35 @@ public IRubyObject value(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject object) {
         Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
 
         Object javaObject = null;
-        if (!Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
+        if ( ! Modifier.isStatic( field.getModifiers() ) ) {
             javaObject = JavaUtil.unwrapJavaValue(runtime, object, "not a java object");
         }
         try {
-            return JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObject(runtime, field.get(javaObject));
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            return convertToRuby(runtime, field.get(javaObject));
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
             throw runtime.newTypeError("illegal access");
         }
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
     public IRubyObject set_value(IRubyObject object, IRubyObject value) {
         Object javaObject = null;
-        if (!Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
+        if ( ! Modifier.isStatic( field.getModifiers() ) ) {
             javaObject  = JavaUtil.unwrapJavaValue(getRuntime(), object, "not a java object: " + object);
         }
-        IRubyObject val = value;
-        if(val.dataGetStruct() instanceof JavaObject) {
-            val = (IRubyObject)val.dataGetStruct();
-        }
+        final Object javaValue = convertValueToJava(value);
         try {
-            Object convertedValue = val.toJava(field.getType());
-
-            field.set(javaObject, convertedValue);
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError(
-                                "illegal access on setting variable: " + iae.getMessage());
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError(
-                                "wrong type for " + field.getType().getName() + ": " +
-                                val.getClass().getName());
+            field.set(javaObject, javaValue);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal access on setting variable: " + iae.getMessage());
         }
-        return val;
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+            throw getRuntime().newTypeError("wrong type for " + field.getType().getName() + ": " +
+                    ( javaValue == null ? null : javaValue.getClass().getName() ) );
+        }
+        return value;
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod(name = "final?")
@@ -167,53 +152,53 @@ public RubyBoolean final_p() {
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
-    public JavaObject static_value() {
+    public IRubyObject static_value() {
         try {
-            // TODO: Only setAccessible to account for pattern found by
-            // accessing constants included from a non-public interface.
-            // (aka java.util.zip.ZipConstants being implemented by many
-            // classes)
-            if (!Ruby.isSecurityRestricted()) {
-                field.setAccessible(true);
-            }
-            return JavaObject.wrap(getRuntime(), field.get(null));
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            return convertToRuby( getRuntime(), field.get(null) );
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal static value access: " + iae.getMessage());
         }
     }
 
     @JRubyMethod
-    public JavaObject set_static_value(IRubyObject value) {
-        if (! (value instanceof JavaObject)) {
+    public IRubyObject set_static_value(IRubyObject value) {
+        if ( ! ( value instanceof JavaObject ) ) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError("not a java object:" + value);
         }
+        final Object javaValue = convertValueToJava(value);
         try {
-            Object convertedValue = value.toJava(field.getType());
-            // TODO: Only setAccessible to account for pattern found by
-            // accessing constants included from a non-public interface.
-            // (aka java.util.zip.ZipConstants being implemented by many
-            // classes)
-            // TODO: not sure we need this at all, since we only expose
-            // public fields.
-            //field.setAccessible(true);
-            field.set(null, convertedValue);
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            field.set(null, javaValue);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
             throw getRuntime().newTypeError(
                                 "illegal access on setting static variable: " + iae.getMessage());
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            throw getRuntime().newTypeError(
-                                "wrong type for " + field.getType().getName() + ": " +
-                                ((JavaObject) value).getValue().getClass().getName());
         }
-        return (JavaObject) value;
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+            throw getRuntime().newTypeError("wrong type for " + field.getType().getName() + ": " +
+                    ( javaValue == null ? null : javaValue.getClass().getName() ) );
+        }
+        return value;
     }
-    
+
     @JRubyMethod
     public RubyString name() {
         return getRuntime().newString(field.getName());
     }
-
+
+    @Override
     public AccessibleObject accessibleObject() {
         return field;
     }
+
+    private Object convertValueToJava(IRubyObject value) {
+        Object val = value.dataGetStruct();
+        if ( val instanceof JavaObject ) value = (IRubyObject) val;
+        return value.toJava( field.getType() );
+    }
+
+    private static IRubyObject convertToRuby(final Ruby runtime, final Object javaValue) {
+        return JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObject(runtime, javaValue);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaMethod.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/javasupport/JavaMethod.java
@@ -65,19 +65,17 @@
 @JRubyClass(name="Java::JavaMethod")
 public class JavaMethod extends JavaCallable {
 
-    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger("JavaMethod");
+    //private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger("JavaMethod");
 
-    private final static boolean USE_HANDLES = RubyInstanceConfig.USE_GENERATED_HANDLES;
-    private final static boolean HANDLE_DEBUG = false;
+    //private final static boolean USE_HANDLES = RubyInstanceConfig.USE_GENERATED_HANDLES;
+    //private final static boolean HANDLE_DEBUG = false;
 
     private final Method method;
     private final Class<?> boxedReturnType;
     private final boolean isFinal;
     private final JavaUtil.JavaConverter returnConverter;
 
-    public Object getValue() {
-        return method;
-    }
+    public final Method getValue() { return method; }
 
     public static RubyClass createJavaMethodClass(Ruby runtime, RubyModule javaModule) {
         // TODO: NOT_ALLOCATABLE_ALLOCATOR is probably ok here, since we don't intend for people to monkey with
@@ -186,13 +184,12 @@ public static JavaMethod getMatchingDeclaredMethod(Ruby runtime, Class<?> javaCl
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object other) {
-        return other instanceof JavaMethod &&
-            this.method == ((JavaMethod)other).method;
+    public final boolean equals(Object other) {
+        return other instanceof JavaMethod && this.method.equals( ((JavaMethod)other).method );
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int hashCode() {
+    public final int hashCode() {
         return method.hashCode();
     }
 
@@ -202,11 +199,6 @@ public RubyString name() {
         return getRuntime().newString(method.getName());
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getArity() {
-        return parameterTypes.length;
-    }
-
     @JRubyMethod(name = "public?")
     @Override
     public RubyBoolean public_p() {
@@ -393,9 +385,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context, Method me
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee, arguments);
             return returnConverter.convert(getRuntime(), result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae, arguments);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method, arguments);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -410,9 +402,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeDirectSuperWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee, arguments);
             return convertReturn(result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae, arguments);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method, arguments);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -425,9 +417,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeDirectWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context, Met
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee, arguments);
             return convertReturn(result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae, arguments);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method, arguments);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -440,9 +432,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeDirectWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context, Met
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee);
             return convertReturn(result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -455,9 +447,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeDirectWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context, Met
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee, arg0);
             return convertReturn(result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae, arg0);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method, arg0);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -470,9 +462,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeDirectWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context, Met
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee, arg0, arg1);
             return convertReturn(result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae, arg0, arg1);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method, arg0, arg1);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -485,9 +477,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeDirectWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context, Met
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee, arg0, arg1, arg2);
             return convertReturn(result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae, arg0, arg1, arg2);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method, arg0, arg1, arg2);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -500,9 +492,9 @@ private IRubyObject invokeDirectWithExceptionHandling(ThreadContext context, Met
             Object result = method.invoke(javaInvokee, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
             return convertReturn(result);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(method, iae, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+            return handlelIllegalArgumentEx(iae, method, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
-            return handleIllegalAccessEx(method, iae);
+            return handleIllegalAccessEx(iae, method);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
             return handleInvocationTargetEx(context, ite);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -519,37 +511,15 @@ private IRubyObject convertReturn(Object result) {
         return JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObjectWithConverter(getRuntime(), result, returnConverter);
     }
 
-    private IRubyObject handleIllegalAccessEx(Method method, IllegalAccessException iae) throws RaiseException {
-        throw getRuntime().newTypeError("illegal access on '" + method.getName() + "': " + iae.getMessage());
-    }
+    //@Override
+    //public final int getArity() {
+    //    return parameterTypes.length;
+    //}
 
-    private IRubyObject handlelIllegalArgumentEx(Method method, IllegalArgumentException iae, Object... arguments) throws RaiseException {
-        throw getRuntime().newTypeError(
-                "for method " +
-                method.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName() +
-                "." +
-                method.getName() +
-                " expected " +
-                argument_types().inspect() +
-                "; got: " +
-                dumpArgTypes(arguments) +
-                "; error: " +
-                iae.getMessage());
-    }
-
-    private Object[] convertArguments(final IRubyObject[] args, int offset) {
-        final Object[] arguments = new Object[ args.length - offset ];
-        final Class<?>[] types = getParameterTypes();
-        for ( int i = arguments.length; --i >= 0; ) {
-            arguments[i] = args[ i + offset ].toJava(types[i]);
-        }
-        return arguments;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
-        return parameterTypes;
-    }
+    //@Override
+    //public final Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
+    //    return parameterTypes;
+    //}
 
     @Override
     public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes() {
@@ -572,7 +542,7 @@ public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean isVarArgs() {
+    public final boolean isVarArgs() {
         return method.isVarArgs();
     }
 
@@ -595,7 +565,7 @@ private boolean isStatic() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getModifiers() {
+    public final int getModifiers() {
         return method.getModifiers();
     }