src/hotspot/share/oops/klass.hpp

rev 49017 : 8197405: Improve messages of AbstractMethodErrors and IncompatibleClassChangeErrors.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

*** 506,515 ****
--- 506,518 ----
    //     and the package separators as '/'.
    virtual const char* signature_name() const;
  
    const char* class_loader_and_module_name() const;
  
+   // Returns "interface", "abstract class" or "class".
+   const char* external_kind() const;
+ 
    // type testing operations
  #ifdef ASSERT
   protected:
    virtual bool is_instance_klass_slow()     const { return false; }
    virtual bool is_array_klass_slow()        const { return false; }