src/share/classes/sun/reflect/ReflectionFactory.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * 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
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@
  */
 
 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;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.Permission;

@@ -312,10 +313,16 @@
         in Constructor.java for details. */
     public <T> Constructor<T> copyConstructor(Constructor<T> arg) {
         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
     //
     //