--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	2012-12-19 14:14:59.531503554 -0500
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	2012-12-19 14:14:59.310501626 -0500
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public int getNumParameters() { return parameterTypes.length; }
+
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError {@inheritDoc}
      * @throws TypeNotPresentException {@inheritDoc}
      * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException {@inheritDoc}