diff -r df47f7f4c95a -r 1bdd8cea398e src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/Attributes.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/Attributes.java	Tue Jul 08 17:25:50 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/Attributes.java	Tue Jul 08 17:53:03 2008 -0700
@@ -78,6 +78,19 @@
         return map.get(name);
     }
 
+    public int getIndex(ConstantPool constant_pool, String name) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
+            Attribute attr = attrs[i];
+            try {
+                if (attr != null && attr.getName(constant_pool).equals(name))
+                    return i;
+            } catch (ConstantPoolException e) {
+                // ignore invalid entries
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     public int size() {
         return attrs.length;
     }