--- old/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/runtime/VM.java	Thu Sep 17 16:09:28 2009
+++ new/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/runtime/VM.java	Thu Sep 17 16:09:28 2009
@@ -456,6 +456,11 @@
     return db.lookupIntConstant(name);
   }
 
+  // Convenience function for conversions
+  static public long getAddressValue(Address addr) {
+    return VM.getVM().getDebugger().getAddressValue(addr);
+  }
+
   public long getAddressSize() {
     return db.getAddressSize();
   }