--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/constMethod.hpp	Tue Oct 29 14:29:40 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/constMethod.hpp	Wed Oct 30 16:14:56 2019 +0100
@@ -532,6 +532,10 @@
   int  size_of_parameters() const                { return _size_of_parameters; }
   void set_size_of_parameters(int size)          { _size_of_parameters = size; }
 
+  // result type (basic type of return value)
+  BasicType result_type() const                  { assert(_result_type >= T_BOOLEAN, "Must be set");
+                                                   return (BasicType)_result_type; }
+
   void set_result_type(BasicType rt)             { assert(rt < 16, "result type too large");
                                                    _result_type = (u1)rt; }
   // Deallocation for RedefineClasses