diff -r 845fa487f0f7 -r 860b95cc8d1d src/share/classes/com/sun/codemodel/internal/JMethod.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/codemodel/internal/JMethod.java	Thu Jul 30 23:39:33 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/codemodel/internal/JMethod.java	Fri Aug 07 11:27:00 2009 -0700
@@ -388,10 +388,11 @@
                 f.g(a).nl();
         }
 
-                // declare the generics parameters
+        f.g(mods);
+
+        // declare the generics parameters
                 super.declare(f);
 
-                f.g(mods);
                 if (!isConstructor())
                         f.g(type);
                 f.id(name).p('(').i();