src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java

@@ -77,12 +77,10 @@
     private volatile MethodAccessor methodAccessor;
     // For sharing of MethodAccessors. This branching structure is
     // currently only two levels deep (i.e., one root Method and
     // potentially many Method objects pointing to it.)
     private Method              root;
-    // This is set by the vm at Method creation
-    private byte[]              typeAnnotations;
 
     // Generics infrastructure
     private String getGenericSignature() {return signature;}
 
     // Accessor for factory

@@ -149,12 +147,10 @@
                                 exceptionTypes, modifiers, slot, signature,
                                 annotations, parameterAnnotations, annotationDefault);
         res.root = this;
         // Might as well eagerly propagate this if already present
         res.methodAccessor = methodAccessor;
-
-        res.typeAnnotations = typeAnnotations;
         return res;
     }
 
     @Override
     boolean hasGenericInformation() {

@@ -165,11 +161,11 @@
     byte[] getAnnotationBytes() {
         return annotations;
     }
     @Override
     byte[] getTypeAnnotationBytes() {
-        return typeAnnotations;
+        return getTypeAnnotationBytes0();
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */