--- old/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedObjectType.java	2015-11-02 17:06:14.000000000 -1000
+++ new/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedObjectType.java	2015-11-02 17:06:13.000000000 -1000
@@ -22,14 +22,30 @@
  */
 package jdk.vm.ci.hotspot;
 
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.*;
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.Assumptions.*;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.Assumptions.AssumptionResult;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.Constant;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ConstantPool;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaConstant;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaType;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaField;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaType;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link JavaType} for resolved non-primitive HotSpot classes.
  */
 public interface HotSpotResolvedObjectType extends ResolvedJavaType {
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the JVMCI mirror for a {@link Class} object.
+     *
+     * @return the {@link HotSpotResolvedJavaType} corresponding to {@code javaClass}
+     */
+    static HotSpotResolvedObjectType fromObjectClass(Class<?> javaClass) {
+        return HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl.fromObjectClass(javaClass);
+    }
+
     HotSpotResolvedObjectType getArrayClass();
 
     ResolvedJavaType getComponentType();