methodHandle LinkResolver::resolve_interface_method(const LinkInfo& link_info, Bytecodes::Code code, TRAPS) {

  Klass* resolved_klass = link_info.resolved_klass();

  // check if klass is interface
  if (!resolved_klass->is_interface()) {
    ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
    char buf[200];
    jio_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Found class %s, but interface was expected", resolved_klass->external_name());
    THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_IncompatibleClassChangeError(), buf);
  }

  // check constant pool tag for called method - must be JVM_CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref
  if (!link_info.tag().is_invalid() && !link_info.tag().is_interface_method()) {
    ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
    stringStream ss;
    ss.print("Method '");
    Method::print_external_name(&ss, link_info.resolved_klass(), link_info.name(), link_info.signature());
    ss.print("' must be InterfaceMethodref constant");
    THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_IncompatibleClassChangeError(), ss.as_string());
  }

  // lookup method in this interface or its super, java.lang.Object
  // JDK8: also look for static methods
  methodHandle resolved_method(THREAD, lookup_method_in_klasses(link_info, false, true));

  if (resolved_method.is_null() && !resolved_klass->is_array_klass()) {
    // lookup method in all the super-interfaces
    resolved_method = methodHandle(THREAD, lookup_method_in_interfaces(link_info));
  }

  if (resolved_method.is_null()) {
    // no method found
    ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
    stringStream ss;
    ss.print("'");
    Method::print_external_name(&ss, resolved_klass, link_info.name(), link_info.signature());
    ss.print("'");
    THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_NoSuchMethodError(), ss.as_string());
  }

  if (link_info.check_access()) {
    // JDK8 adds non-public interface methods, and accessability check requirement
    Klass* current_klass = link_info.current_klass();

    assert(current_klass != NULL , "current_klass should not be null");

    // check if method can be accessed by the referring class
    check_method_accessability(current_klass,
                               resolved_klass,
                               resolved_method->method_holder(),
                               resolved_method,
                               CHECK_NULL);

    check_method_loader_constraints(link_info, resolved_method, "interface method", CHECK_NULL);
  }

  if (code != Bytecodes::_invokestatic && resolved_method->is_static()) {
    ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
    stringStream ss;
    ss.print("Expected instance not static method '");
    Method::print_external_name(&ss, resolved_klass,
                                resolved_method->name(), resolved_method->signature());
    ss.print("'");
    THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_IncompatibleClassChangeError(), ss.as_string());
  }

  if (log_develop_is_enabled(Trace, itables)) {
    char buf[200];
    jio_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s resolved interface method: caller-class:",
                 Bytecodes::name(code));
    trace_method_resolution(buf, link_info.current_klass(), resolved_klass,
                            resolved_method, true);
  }

  return resolved_method;
}