diff -r aba91a731143 -r 1d7922586cf6 src/share/vm/runtime/signature.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/signature.hpp	Mon Jul 23 13:04:59 2012 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/signature.hpp	Tue Jul 24 10:51:00 2012 -0700
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@
   enum FailureMode { ReturnNull, CNFException, NCDFError };
   klassOop as_klass(Handle class_loader, Handle protection_domain, FailureMode failure_mode, TRAPS);
   oop as_java_mirror(Handle class_loader, Handle protection_domain, FailureMode failure_mode, TRAPS);
+  const jbyte* raw_bytes()  { return _signature->bytes() + _begin; }
+  int          raw_length() { return _end - _begin; }
 
   // return same as_symbol except allocation of new symbols is avoided.
   Symbol* as_symbol_or_null();