--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java	2018-07-05 23:11:47.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java	2018-07-05 23:11:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -447,12 +447,13 @@
     // let the rest (native, volatile, transient, etc.) be tested via Modifier.isFoo
 
     // unofficial modifier flags, used by HotSpot:
-    static final int BRIDGE     = 0x00000040;
-    static final int VARARGS    = 0x00000080;
-    static final int SYNTHETIC  = 0x00001000;
-    static final int ANNOTATION = 0x00002000;
-    static final int ENUM       = 0x00004000;
-    static final int FLATTENED  = 0x00008000;
+    static final int BRIDGE      = 0x00000040;
+    static final int VARARGS     = 0x00000080;
+    static final int SYNTHETIC   = 0x00001000;
+    static final int ANNOTATION  = 0x00002000;
+    static final int ENUM        = 0x00004000;
+    static final int FLATTENABLE = 0x00000100;
+    static final int FLATTENED   = 0x00008000;
 
     /** Utility method to query the modifier flags of this member; returns false if the member is not a method. */
     public boolean isBridge() {
@@ -467,10 +468,14 @@
         return testAllFlags(SYNTHETIC);
     }
 
-    public boolean isValue() { return clazz.isValue(); }
+    public boolean isFlattenable() { return (flags & FLATTENABLE) == FLATTENABLE; }
 
     public boolean isFlattened() { return (flags & FLATTENED) == FLATTENED; }
 
+    public boolean isNullable()  { return !isFlattenable(); }
+
+    public boolean isValue() { return clazz.isValue(); }
+
     static final String CONSTRUCTOR_NAME = "<init>";  // the ever-popular
 
     // modifiers exported by the JVM: