grep found it in the following files: src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleInfo.java src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/Stable.java src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/SwitchPoint.java src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/chrono/ChronoLocalDate.java src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/BytecodeName.java because of this the documentation looks bad: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleInfo.html#getName--