final MethodHandle fallbackFolded;
if(nextComponent == null) {
// Object(AnnotatedDynamicMethod)->R(AnnotatedDynamicMethod, T0, T1); returns constant null
fallbackFolded = MethodHandles.dropArguments(CONSTANT_NULL_DROP_ANNOTATED_METHOD, 1,
type.parameterList()).asType(type.insertParameterTypes(0, AnnotatedDynamicMethod.class));
} else {
// R(T0, T1)->R(AnnotatedDynamicMethod, T0, T1); adapts the next component's invocation to drop the
// extra argument resulting from fold
fallbackFolded = MethodHandles.dropArguments(nextComponent.getGuardedInvocation().getInvocation(),
0, AnnotatedDynamicMethod.class);