src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp

rev 49011 : 8197405: Improve messages of AbstractMethodErrors and IncompatibleClassChangeErrors.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

@@ -174,10 +174,19 @@
   }
 
   return buf;
 }
 
+// Helper routine: get modifier list as C string. The string has a
+// trailing whitespace if not empty. The string is allocated
+// in resource area.
+char* Method::modifiers_as_C_string() const {
+  stringStream ss;
+  access_flags().print_on(&ss);
+  return ss.as_string();
+}
+
 int Method::fast_exception_handler_bci_for(const methodHandle& mh, Klass* ex_klass, int throw_bci, TRAPS) {
   // exception table holds quadruple entries of the form (beg_bci, end_bci, handler_bci, klass_index)
   // access exception table
   ExceptionTable table(mh());
   int length = table.length();