--- old/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/ReflectionFactory.java	2013-01-17 16:42:38.489437100 +0100
+++ new/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/ReflectionFactory.java	2013-01-17 16:42:38.257432501 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 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
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 package sun.reflect;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
@@ -314,6 +315,12 @@
         return langReflectAccess().copyConstructor(arg);
     }
 
+    /** Gets the byte[] that encodes TypeAnnotations on an executable.
+     */
+    public byte[] getExecutableTypeAnnotationBytes(Executable ex) {
+        return langReflectAccess().getExecutableTypeAnnotationBytes(ex);
+    }
+
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     //
     // Routines used by serialization