diff -r 40adaf938847 -r 97f6839673d6 src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/type/ExecutableType.java
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/type/ExecutableType.java	Mon Mar 18 14:40:32 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/type/ExecutableType.java	Mon Mar 18 18:33:13 2013 -0700
@@ -78,6 +78,25 @@
     List<? extends TypeMirror> getParameterTypes();
 
     /**
+     * Returns the receiver type of this executable,
+     * or {@link javax.lang.model.type.NoType NoType} with
+     * kind {@link javax.lang.model.type.TypeKind#NONE NONE}
+     * if the executable has no receiver type.
+     *
+     * An executable which is an instance method, or a constructor of an
+     * inner class, has a receiver type derived from the {@linkplain
+     * #getEnclosingElement declaring type}.
+     *
+     * An executable which is a static method, or a constructor of a
+     * non-inner class, or an initializer (static or instance), has no
+     * receiver type.
+     *
+     * @return the receiver type of this executable
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    TypeMirror getReceiverType();
+
+    /**
      * Returns the exceptions and other throwables listed in this
      * executable's {@code throws} clause.
      *