diff -r d1617f46285d -r d7eb4e2099aa hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/constantPoolOop.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/constantPoolOop.hpp	Fri Oct 30 10:12:52 2009 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/constantPoolOop.hpp	Fri Oct 30 16:22:59 2009 -0700
@@ -342,12 +342,14 @@
   }
 
   // The following methods (name/signature/klass_ref_at, klass_ref_at_noresolve,
-  // name_and_type_ref_index_at) all expect constant pool indices
-  // from the bytecodes to be passed in, which are actually potentially byte-swapped
-  // or rewritten constant pool cache indices.  They all call map_instruction_operand_to_index.
-  int map_instruction_operand_to_index(int operand);
+  // name_and_type_ref_index_at) all expect to be passed indices obtained
+  // directly from the bytecode, and extracted according to java byte order.
+  // If the indices are meant to refer to fields or methods, they are
+  // actually potentially byte-swapped, rewritten constant pool cache indices.
+  // The routine remap_instruction_operand_from_cache manages the adjustment
+  // of these values back to constant pool indices.
 
-  // There are also "uncached" versions which do not map the operand index; see below.
+  // There are also "uncached" versions which do not adjust the operand index; see below.
 
   // Lookup for entries consisting of (klass_index, name_and_type index)
   klassOop klass_ref_at(int which, TRAPS);
@@ -361,8 +363,6 @@
   // Lookup for entries consisting of (name_index, signature_index)
   int name_ref_index_at(int which_nt);            // ==  low-order jshort of name_and_type_at(which_nt)
   int signature_ref_index_at(int which_nt);       // == high-order jshort of name_and_type_at(which_nt)
-  symbolOop nt_name_ref_at(int which_nt)          { return symbol_at(name_ref_index_at(which_nt)); }
-  symbolOop nt_signature_ref_at(int which_nt)     { return symbol_at(signature_ref_index_at(which_nt)); }
 
   BasicType basic_type_for_signature_at(int which);
 
@@ -425,18 +425,7 @@
   int       impl_klass_ref_index_at(int which, bool uncached);
   int       impl_name_and_type_ref_index_at(int which, bool uncached);
 
-  // Takes either a constant pool cache index in possibly byte-swapped
-  // byte order (which comes from the bytecodes after rewriting) or,
-  // if "uncached" is true, a vanilla constant pool index
-  jint field_or_method_at(int which, bool uncached) {
-    int i = which;
-    if (!uncached && cache() != NULL) {
-      // change byte-ordering and go via cache
-      i = map_instruction_operand_to_index(which);
-    }
-    assert(tag_at(i).is_field_or_method(), "Corrupted constant pool");
-    return *int_at_addr(i);
-  }
+  int remap_instruction_operand_from_cache(int operand);
 
   // Used while constructing constant pool (only by ClassFileParser)
   jint klass_index_at(int which) {