src/hotspot/share/oops/klass.cpp

rev 49172 : 8197405: Improve messages of AbstractMethodErrors and IncompatibleClassChangeErrors.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, mdoerr, njian

@@ -634,16 +634,21 @@
   }
   if (name() == NULL)  return "<unknown>";
   return name()->as_klass_external_name();
 }
 
-
 const char* Klass::signature_name() const {
   if (name() == NULL)  return "<unknown>";
   return name()->as_C_string();
 }
 
+const char* Klass::external_kind() const {
+  if (is_interface()) return "interface";
+  if (is_abstract()) return "abstract class";
+  return "class";
+}
+
 // Unless overridden, modifier_flags is 0.
 jint Klass::compute_modifier_flags(TRAPS) const {
   return 0;
 }