--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeMaker.java	Mon Sep 09 11:43:16 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeMaker.java	Wed Nov 27 09:00:01 2019 +0100
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 import com.sun.source.tree.CaseTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ModuleTree.ModuleKind;
-import com.sun.source.tree.Tree.Kind;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.*;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Attribute.UnresolvedClass;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.*;
@@ -465,6 +464,12 @@
         return tree;
     }
 
+    public JCBindingPattern BindingPattern(Name name, JCTree vartype) {
+        JCBindingPattern tree = new JCBindingPattern(name, null, vartype);
+        tree.pos = pos;
+        return tree;
+    }
+
     public JCArrayAccess Indexed(JCExpression indexed, JCExpression index) {
         JCArrayAccess tree = new JCArrayAccess(indexed, index);
         tree.pos = pos;