--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Type.java	Fri Feb 20 17:05:13 2015 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Type.java	Mon Feb 23 13:02:37 2015 +0000
@@ -477,6 +477,14 @@
             && (tsym.flags() & COMPOUND) != 0;
     }
 
+    public boolean isIntersection() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isUnion() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public boolean isInterface() {
         return (tsym.flags() & INTERFACE) != 0;
     }
@@ -1079,6 +1087,11 @@
             return Collections.unmodifiableList(alternatives_field);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean isUnion() {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         @Override @DefinedBy(Api.LANGUAGE_MODEL)
         public TypeKind getKind() {
             return TypeKind.UNION;
@@ -1125,6 +1138,11 @@
             return interfaces_field.prepend(supertype_field);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean isIntersection() {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         public List<Type> getExplicitComponents() {
             return allInterfaces ?
                     interfaces_field :