1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala
index 1698e99dae..f9407d5b1b 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala
@@ -126,13 +126,14 @@ trait JavaMirrors extends internal.SymbolTable with api.JavaUniverse { self: Sym
     private def ErrorStaticClass(wannabe: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"$wannabe is a static class, use reflectClass on a RuntimeMirror to obtain its ClassMirror")
     private def ErrorStaticModule(wannabe: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"$wannabe is a static module, use reflectModule on a RuntimeMirror to obtain its ModuleMirror")
     private def ErrorNotMember(wannabe: Symbol, owner: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"expected a member of $owner, you provided ${wannabe.kind} ${wannabe.fullName}")
-    private def ErrorNotField(wannabe: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"expected a field or an accessor method symbol, you provided $wannabe}")
+    private def ErrorNotField(wannabe: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"expected a field or an accessor method symbol, you provided $wannabe")
     private def ErrorNonExistentField(wannabe: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"""
       |Scala field ${wannabe.name} isn't represented as a Java field, neither it has a Java accessor method
       |note that private parameters of class constructors don't get mapped onto fields and/or accessors,
       |unless they are used outside of their declaring constructors.
     """.trim.stripMargin)
     private def ErrorSetImmutableField(wannabe: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"cannot set an immutable field ${wannabe.name}")
+    private def ErrorNotConstructor(wannabe: Symbol, owner: Symbol) = throw new ScalaReflectionException(s"expected a constructor of $owner, you provided $wannabe")
 
     def reflect[T: ClassTag](obj: T): InstanceMirror = new JavaInstanceMirror(obj)
 
@@ -379,7 +380,11 @@ trait JavaMirrors extends internal.SymbolTable with api.JavaUniverse { self: Sym
             extends JavaTemplateMirror with ClassMirror {
       def erasure = symbol
       def isStatic = false
-      def reflectConstructor(constructor: MethodSymbol) = new JavaConstructorMirror(outer, constructor)
+      def reflectConstructor(constructor: MethodSymbol) = {
+        if (!constructor.isClassConstructor) ErrorNotConstructor(constructor, symbol)
+        if (!symbol.info.decls.toList.contains(constructor)) ErrorNotConstructor(constructor, symbol)
+        new JavaConstructorMirror(outer, constructor)
+      }
       def companion: Option[ModuleMirror] = symbol.companionModule match {
        case module: ModuleSymbol => Some(new JavaModuleMirror(outer, module))
        case _ => None