8261006: 'super' qualified method references cannot occur in a static context

Reviewed-by: sadayapalam

src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java

@@ -4339,11 +4339,14 @@ public class Attr extends JCTree.Visitor {
         }
 
         if (isType(sitesym)) {
-            if (sym.name == names._this) {
+            if (sym.name == names._this || sym.name == names._super) {
                 // If `C' is the currently compiled class, check that
-                // C.this' does not appear in a call to a super(...)
+                // `C.this' does not appear in an explicit call to a constructor
+                // also make sure that `super` is not used in constructor invocations
                 if (env.info.isSelfCall &&
-                    site.tsym == env.enclClass.sym) {
+                        ((sym.name == names._this &&
+                        site.tsym == env.enclClass.sym) ||
+                        sym.name == names._super)) {
                     chk.earlyRefError(tree.pos(), sym);
                 }
             } else {

test/langtools/tools/javac/lambda/methodReference/MethodReferenceInConstructorInvocation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 8261006
+ * @summary 'super' qualified method references cannot occur in a static context
+ * @compile/fail/ref=MethodReferenceInConstructorInvocation.out -XDrawDiagnostics MethodReferenceInConstructorInvocation.java
+ */
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+public class MethodReferenceInConstructorInvocation {
+    interface Bar {
+        default String getString() {
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Foo implements Bar {
+
+        Foo() {
+            this(Bar.super::getString);
+        }
+        Foo(Supplier<String> sString) {}
+
+        Foo(int i) { this(Bar.super.getString()); }
+        Foo(String s) {}
+    }
+}

test/langtools/tools/javac/lambda/methodReference/MethodReferenceInConstructorInvocation.out

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MethodReferenceInConstructorInvocation.java:20:21: compiler.err.cant.ref.before.ctor.called: super
+MethodReferenceInConstructorInvocation.java:24:30: compiler.err.cant.ref.before.ctor.called: super
+2 errors