--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@
  * @see     java.lang.ClassLoader#defineClass(byte[], int, int)
  * @since   JDK1.0
  */
-public final
-    class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
+public final class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
                               java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration,
                               java.lang.reflect.Type,
                               java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement {
@@ -150,6 +149,75 @@
             + getName();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a string describing this {@code Class}, including
+     * information about modifiers and type parameters.
+     *
+     * The string is formatted as a list of type modifiers, if any,
+     * followed by the kind of type (empty string for primitive types
+     * and {@code class}, {@code enum}, {@code interface}, or {@code
+     * &#64;interface}, as appropriate), followed by the type's name,
+     * followed by an angle-bracketed comma-separated list of the
+     * type's type parameters, if any.
+     *
+     * A space is used to separate modifiers from one another and to
+     * separate any modifiers from the kind of type. The modifiers
+     * occur in canonical order. If there are no type parameters, the
+     * type parameter list is elided.
+     *
+     * <p>Note that since information about the runtime representation
+     * of a type is being generated, modifiers not present on the
+     * originating source code or illegal on the originating source
+     * code may be present.
+     *
+     * @return a string describing this {@code Class}, including
+     * information about modifiers and type parameters
+     *
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public String toGenericString() {
+        if (isPrimitive()) {
+            return toString();
+        } else {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+            // Class modifiers are a superset of interface modifiers
+            int modifiers = getModifiers() & Modifier.classModifiers();
+            if (modifiers != 0) {
+                sb.append(Modifier.toString(modifiers));
+                sb.append(' ');
+            }
+
+            if (isAnnotation()) {
+                sb.append('@');
+            }
+            if (isInterface()) { // Note: all annotation types are interfaces
+                sb.append("interface");
+            } else {
+                if (isEnum())
+                    sb.append("enum");
+                else
+                    sb.append("class");
+            }
+            sb.append(' ');
+            sb.append(getName());
+
+            TypeVariable<?>[] typeparms = getTypeParameters();
+            if (typeparms.length > 0) {
+                boolean first = true;
+                sb.append('<');
+                for(TypeVariable<?> typeparm: typeparms) {
+                    if (!first)
+                        sb.append(',');
+                    sb.append(typeparm.getTypeName());
+                    first = false;
+                }
+                sb.append('>');
+            }
+
+            return sb.toString();
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the {@code Class} object associated with the class or
@@ -1164,6 +1232,32 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Return an informative string for the name of this type.
+     *
+     * @return an informative string for the name of this type
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public String getTypeName() {
+        if (isArray()) {
+            try {
+                Class<?> cl = this;
+                int dimensions = 0;
+                while (cl.isArray()) {
+                    dimensions++;
+                    cl = cl.getComponentType();
+                }
+                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+                sb.append(cl.getName());
+                for (int i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
+                    sb.append("[]");
+                }
+                return sb.toString();
+            } catch (Throwable e) { /*FALLTHRU*/ }
+        }
+        return getName();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Character.isDigit answers {@code true} to some non-ascii
      * digits.  This one does not.
      */

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 
     @Override
     void specificToStringHeader(StringBuilder sb) {
-        sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()));
+        sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getTypeName());
     }
 
     /**

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Executable.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Executable.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
     void separateWithCommas(Class<?>[] types, StringBuilder sb) {
         for (int j = 0; j < types.length; j++) {
-            sb.append(Field.getTypeName(types[j]));
+            sb.append(types[j].getTypeName());
             if (j < (types.length - 1))
                 sb.append(",");
         }
@@ -161,9 +161,7 @@
             sb.append('(');
             Type[] params = getGenericParameterTypes();
             for (int j = 0; j < params.length; j++) {
-                String param = (params[j] instanceof Class)?
-                    Field.getTypeName((Class)params[j]):
-                    (params[j].toString());
+                String param = params[j].getTypeName();
                 if (isVarArgs() && (j == params.length - 1)) // replace T[] with T...
                     param = param.replaceFirst("\\[\\]$", "...");
                 sb.append(param);

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
     public String toString() {
         int mod = getModifiers();
         return (((mod == 0) ? "" : (Modifier.toString(mod) + " "))
-            + getTypeName(getType()) + " "
-            + getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()) + "."
+            + getType().getTypeName() + " "
+            + getDeclaringClass().getTypeName() + "."
             + getName());
     }
 
@@ -324,9 +324,8 @@
         int mod = getModifiers();
         Type fieldType = getGenericType();
         return (((mod == 0) ? "" : (Modifier.toString(mod) + " "))
-            +  ((fieldType instanceof Class) ?
-                getTypeName((Class)fieldType): fieldType.toString())+ " "
-            + getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()) + "."
+            + fieldType.getTypeName() + " "
+            + getDeclaringClass().getTypeName() + "."
             + getName());
     }
 
@@ -996,29 +995,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Utility routine to paper over array type names
-     */
-    static String getTypeName(Class<?> type) {
-        if (type.isArray()) {
-            try {
-                Class<?> cl = type;
-                int dimensions = 0;
-                while (cl.isArray()) {
-                    dimensions++;
-                    cl = cl.getComponentType();
-                }
-                StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-                sb.append(cl.getName());
-                for (int i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
-                    sb.append("[]");
-                }
-                return sb.toString();
-            } catch (Throwable e) { /*FALLTHRU*/ }
-        }
-        return type.getName();
-    }
-
     /**
      * @throws NullPointerException {@inheritDoc}
      * @since 1.5

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -342,9 +342,8 @@
      * specified by "The Java Language Specification".  This is
      * {@code public}, {@code protected} or {@code private} first,
      * and then other modifiers in the following order:
-     * {@code abstract}, {@code static}, {@code final},
-     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}, {@code strictfp},
-     * {@code default}.
+     * {@code abstract}, {@code default}, {@code static}, {@code final},
+     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}, {@code strictfp}.
      *
      * @return a string describing this {@code Method}
      *
@@ -359,8 +358,8 @@
 
     @Override
     void specificToStringHeader(StringBuilder sb) {
-        sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getReturnType())).append(' ');
-        sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass())).append('.');
+        sb.append(getReturnType().getTypeName()).append(' ');
+        sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getTypeName()).append('.');
         sb.append(getName());
     }
 
@@ -387,16 +386,14 @@
      * class name.  If the method is declared to throw exceptions, the
      * parameter list is followed by a space, followed by the word
      * throws followed by a comma-separated list of the generic thrown
-     * exception types.  If there are no type parameters, the type
-     * parameter list is elided.
+     * exception types.
      *
      * <p>The access modifiers are placed in canonical order as
      * specified by "The Java Language Specification".  This is
      * {@code public}, {@code protected} or {@code private} first,
      * and then other modifiers in the following order:
-     * {@code abstract}, {@code static}, {@code final},
-     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}, {@code strictfp},
-     * {@code default}.
+     * {@code abstract}, {@code default}, {@code static}, {@code final},
+     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}, {@code strictfp}.
      *
      * @return a string describing this {@code Method},
      * include type parameters
@@ -413,11 +410,8 @@
     @Override
     void specificToGenericStringHeader(StringBuilder sb) {
         Type genRetType = getGenericReturnType();
-        sb.append( ((genRetType instanceof Class<?>)?
-                    Field.getTypeName((Class<?>)genRetType):genRetType.toString()))
-            .append(' ');
-
-        sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass())).append('.');
+        sb.append(genRetType.getTypeName()).append(' ');
+        sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getTypeName()).append('.');
         sb.append(getName());
     }
 

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
  * @author Nakul Saraiya
  * @author Kenneth Russell
  */
-public
-class Modifier {
+public class Modifier {
 
     /*
      * Bootstrapping protocol between java.lang and java.lang.reflect
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@
      * represented by {@code mod}
      */
     public static String toString(int mod) {
-        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         int len;
 
         if ((mod & PUBLIC) != 0)        sb.append("public ");
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@
      *
      */
     static final int ACCESS_MODIFIERS =
-        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE;
+        Modifier.PUBLIC | Modifier.PROTECTED | Modifier.PRIVATE;
 
     /**
      * Return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Parameter.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Parameter.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -110,21 +110,19 @@
     public String toString() {
         final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         final Type type = getParameterizedType();
-        final String typename = (type instanceof Class)?
-            Field.getTypeName((Class)type):
-            (type.toString());
+        final String typename = type.getTypeName();
 
         sb.append(Modifier.toString(getModifiers()));
 
         if(0 != modifiers)
-            sb.append(" ");
+            sb.append(' ');
 
         if(isVarArgs())
             sb.append(typename.replaceFirst("\\[\\]$", "..."));
         else
             sb.append(typename);
 
-        sb.append(" ");
+        sb.append(' ');
         sb.append(getName());
 
         return sb.toString();

--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Type.java	Mon Apr 08 16:37:35 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Type.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@
  *
  * @since 1.5
  */
-
 public interface Type {
+    /**
+     * Returns a string describing this type, including information
+     * about any type parameters.
+     *
+     * @implSpec The default implementation calls {@code toString}.
+     *
+     * @return a string describing this type
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    default String getTypeName() {
+        return toString();
+    }
 }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/lang/Class/GenericStringTest.java	Mon Apr 08 17:06:20 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * 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 6298888 6992705
+ * @summary Check Class.toGenericString()
+ * @author Joseph D. Darcy
+ */
+
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+@ExpectedGenericString("public class GenericStringTest")
+public class GenericStringTest {
+    public static void main(String... args){
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        failures += checkToGenericString(int.class, "int");
+
+        Class<?>[] types = {
+            GenericStringTest.class,
+            AnInterface.class,
+            LocalMap.class,
+            AnEnum.class,
+            AnotherEnum.class,
+        };
+
+        for(Class<?> clazz : types) {
+            failures += checkToGenericString(clazz, clazz.getAnnotation(ExpectedGenericString.class).value());
+        }
+
+        if (failures > 0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int checkToGenericString(Class<?> clazz, String expected) {
+        String genericString = clazz.toGenericString();
+        if (!genericString.equals(expected)) {
+            System.err.printf("Unexpected Class.toGenericString output; expected '%s', got '%s'.%n",
+                              expected,
+                              genericString);
+            return 1;
+        } else
+            return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@interface ExpectedGenericString {
+    String value();
+}
+
+@ExpectedGenericString("abstract interface AnInterface")
+strictfp interface AnInterface {}
+
+@ExpectedGenericString("abstract interface LocalMap<K,V>")
+interface LocalMap<K,V> {}
+
+@ExpectedGenericString("final enum AnEnum")
+enum AnEnum {
+    FOO;
+}
+
+@ExpectedGenericString("enum AnotherEnum")
+enum AnotherEnum {
+    BAR{};
+}