--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	2014-11-30 18:51:40.787570344 +0100
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	2014-11-30 18:51:40.671572392 +0100
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /**
  * A {@code Method} provides information about, and access to, a single method
@@ -178,6 +179,27 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Used by java.lang.MethodTable to optimize comparing/locating
+     * method signatures.
+     */
+    boolean parameterTypesEquals(Method other) {
+        int len = parameterTypes.length;
+        if (len != other.parameterTypes.length) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+            if (parameterTypes[i] != other.parameterTypes[i]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    int parameterTypesHashCode() {
+        return Arrays.hashCode(parameterTypes);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     @Override