--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java	2013-01-17 16:42:35.141370733 +0100
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java	2013-01-17 16:42:34.909366134 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser;
 import sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationSupport;
-
+import sun.reflect.annotation.TypeAnnotation;
+import sun.reflect.annotation.TypeAnnotationParser;
 
 /**
  * A {@code Field} provides information about, and dynamic access to, a
@@ -1053,4 +1054,20 @@
         }
         return declaredAnnotations;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an AnnotatedType object that represents the use of a type to denote
+     * the declared type of the field represented by this Field.
+     *
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedType() {
+        return TypeAnnotationParser.buildAnnotatedType0(typeAnnotations,
+                                                        sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().
+                                                            getConstantPool(getDeclaringClass()),
+                                                        this,
+                                                        getDeclaringClass(),
+                                                        getGenericType(),
+                                                        TypeAnnotation.TypeAnnotationTarget.FIELD_TYPE);
+}
 }