src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp

@@ -1477,10 +1477,25 @@
     dont_ignore_overpasses = false;  // Ignore overpass methods in all superclasses.
   }
   return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef ASSERT
+// search through class hierarchy and return true if this class or
+// one of the superclasses was redefined
+bool InstanceKlass::has_redefined_super() const {
+  Klass* klass = const_cast<InstanceKlass*>(this);
+  while (klass != NULL) {
+    if (InstanceKlass::cast(klass)->has_been_redefined()) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    klass = InstanceKlass::cast(klass)->super();
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 // lookup a method in the default methods list then in all transitive interfaces
 // Do NOT return private or static methods
 Method* InstanceKlass::lookup_method_in_ordered_interfaces(Symbol* name,
                                                          Symbol* signature) const {
   Method* m = NULL;