--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/Env.java	Sun May 12 18:18:54 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/Env.java	Fri May 10 15:15:50 2013 +0200
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
+import javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind;
 import javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Modifier;
 import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@
         AccessKind ak = null;
         for (TreePath p = path; p != null; p = p.getParentPath()) {
             Element e = trees.getElement(p);
-            if (e != null) {
+            if (e != null && e.getKind() != ElementKind.PACKAGE) {
                 ak = min(ak, AccessKind.of(e.getModifiers()));
             }
         }

--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/api/JavacTrees.java	Sun May 12 18:18:54 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/api/JavacTrees.java	Fri May 10 15:15:50 2013 +0200
@@ -333,11 +333,6 @@
                         }
                     }
                 }
-            } else if (tree.hasTag(Tag.TOPLEVEL)) {
-                JCCompilationUnit cu = (JCCompilationUnit) tree;
-                if (cu.sourcefile.isNameCompatible("package-info", JavaFileObject.Kind.SOURCE)) {
-                    sym = cu.packge;
-                }
             }
         }
         return sym;

--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Sun May 12 18:18:54 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Fri May 10 15:15:50 2013 +0200
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@
                         //check that resource type cannot throw InterruptedException
                         checkAutoCloseable(resource.pos(), localEnv, resource.type);
 
-                        VarSymbol var = (VarSymbol)TreeInfo.symbolFor(resource);
+                        VarSymbol var = ((JCVariableDecl) resource).sym;
                         var.setData(ElementKind.RESOURCE_VARIABLE);
                     } else {
                         attribTree(resource, tryEnv, twrResult);

--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeInfo.java	Sun May 12 18:18:54 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeInfo.java	Fri May 10 15:15:50 2013 +0200
@@ -763,14 +763,40 @@
     }
 
     public static Symbol symbolFor(JCTree node) {
+        Symbol sym = symbolForImpl(node);
+
+        return sym != null ? sym.baseSymbol() : null;
+    }
+
+    private static Symbol symbolForImpl(JCTree node) {
         node = skipParens(node);
         switch (node.getTag()) {
+        case TOPLEVEL:
+            return ((JCCompilationUnit) node).packge;
         case CLASSDEF:
             return ((JCClassDecl) node).sym;
         case METHODDEF:
             return ((JCMethodDecl) node).sym;
         case VARDEF:
             return ((JCVariableDecl) node).sym;
+        case IDENT:
+            return ((JCIdent) node).sym;
+        case SELECT:
+            return ((JCFieldAccess) node).sym;
+        case REFERENCE:
+            return ((JCMemberReference) node).sym;
+        case NEWCLASS:
+            return ((JCNewClass) node).constructor;
+        case APPLY:
+            return symbolFor(((JCMethodInvocation) node).meth);
+        case TYPEAPPLY:
+            return symbolFor(((JCTypeApply) node).clazz);
+        case ANNOTATION:
+        case TYPE_ANNOTATION:
+        case TYPEPARAMETER:
+            if (node.type != null)
+                return node.type.tsym;
+            return null;
         default:
             return null;
         }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/api/TestGetElementReference.java	Fri May 10 15:15:50 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8012929
+ * @summary Trees.getElement should work not only for declaration trees, but also for use-trees
+ * @build TestGetElementReference
+ * @run main TestGetElementReference
+ */
+
+import com.sun.source.tree.CompilationUnitTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
+import com.sun.source.util.*;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
+import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
+import javax.tools.DiagnosticCollector;
+import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
+import javax.tools.SimpleJavaFileObject;
+import javax.tools.StandardJavaFileManager;
+import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
+
+public class TestGetElementReference {
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
+        File source = new File(System.getProperty("test.src", "."), "TestGetElementReferenceData.java").getAbsoluteFile();
+        StandardJavaFileManager fm = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler().getStandardFileManager(null, null, null);
+        DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject> diagnostics = new DiagnosticCollector<>();
+        JavacTask ct = (JavacTask) ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler().getTask(null, null, diagnostics, Arrays.asList("-Xjcov", "-source", "1.8"), null, fm.getJavaFileObjects(source));
+        Trees trees = Trees.instance(ct);
+        CompilationUnitTree cut = ct.parse().iterator().next();
+
+        ct.analyze();
+
+        for (Diagnostic<? extends JavaFileObject> d : diagnostics.getDiagnostics()) {
+            if (d.getKind() == Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Should have been attributed without errors: " + diagnostics.getDiagnostics());
+            }
+        }
+
+        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("/\\*getElement:(.*?)\\*/");
+        Matcher m = p.matcher(cut.getSourceFile().getCharContent(false));
+
+        while (m.find()) {
+            TreePath tp = pathFor(trees, cut, m.start() - 1);
+            Element found = trees.getElement(tp);
+            String expected = m.group(1);
+            String actual = found != null ? found.getKind() + ":" + symbolToString(found) : "<null>";
+
+            if (!expected.equals(actual)) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("expected=" + expected + "; actual=" + actual);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static TreePath pathFor(final Trees trees, final CompilationUnitTree cut, final int pos) {
+        final TreePath[] result = new TreePath[1];
+
+        new TreePathScanner<Void, Void>() {
+            @Override public Void scan(Tree node, Void p) {
+                if (   node != null
+                    && trees.getSourcePositions().getStartPosition(cut, node) <= pos
+                    && pos <= trees.getSourcePositions().getEndPosition(cut, node)) {
+                    result[0] = new TreePath(getCurrentPath(), node);
+                    return super.scan(node, p);
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+        }.scan(cut, null);
+
+        return result[0];
+    }
+
+    private static String symbolToString(Element el) {
+        switch (el.getKind()) {
+            case METHOD: return symbolToString(el.getEnclosingElement()) + "." + el.toString();
+            case CONSTRUCTOR: return symbolToString(el.getEnclosingElement().getEnclosingElement()) + "." + el.toString();
+            default:
+                return el.toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestFileObject extends SimpleJavaFileObject {
+        private final String text;
+        public TestFileObject(String text) {
+            super(URI.create("myfo:/Test.java"), JavaFileObject.Kind.SOURCE);
+            this.text = text;
+        }
+        @Override public CharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) {
+            return text;
+        }
+    }
+
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/api/TestGetElementReferenceData.java	Fri May 10 15:15:50 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package test;
+/*getElement:PACKAGE:test*/
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import static test.TestGetElementReferenceData.Sub.*;
+
+public class TestGetElementReferenceData {
+
+    private static void test() {
+        StringBuilder/*getElement:CLASS:java.lang.StringBuilder*/ sb = new/*getElement:CONSTRUCTOR:java.lang.StringBuilder()*/ StringBuilder();
+        sb/*getElement:LOCAL_VARIABLE:sb*/.append/*getElement:METHOD:java.lang.StringBuilder.append(int)*/(0);
+        sb.reverse( /*getElement:METHOD:java.lang.StringBuilder.reverse()*/);
+        java.util.List< /*getElement:INTERFACE:java.util.List*/ String> l;
+        utility/*getElement:METHOD:test.TestGetElementReferenceData.Base.utility()*/();
+        target(TestGetElementReferenceData :: test/*getElement:METHOD:test.TestGetElementReferenceData.test()*/);
+    }
+    private static void target(Runnable r) { r.run(); }
+    public static class Base {
+        public static void utility() {}
+    }
+    public static class Sub extends @TypeAnnotation( /*getElement:ANNOTATION_TYPE:test.TestGetElementReferenceData.TypeAnnotation*/) Base {
+    }
+   @Deprecated( /*getElement:ANNOTATION_TYPE:java.lang.Deprecated*/)
+    public static class TypeParam<TT/*getElement:TYPE_PARAMETER:TT*/> {
+    }
+    @Target(ElementType.TYPE_USE)
+    @interface TypeAnnotation {
+    }
+}