--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java	Fri Sep 28 14:57:31 2012 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java	Sat Sep 29 09:00:58 2012 -0700
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
     /** An environment is "static" if its static level is greater than
      *  the one of its outer environment
      */
-    static boolean isStatic(Env<AttrContext> env) {
+    protected static boolean isStatic(Env<AttrContext> env) {
         return env.info.staticLevel > env.outer.info.staticLevel;
     }