--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/ResolvedJavaMethod.java	Sun Jan 11 17:46:47 2015 +0100
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/ResolvedJavaMethod.java	Sun Jan 11 18:12:51 2015 +0100
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@
     Type[] getGenericParameterTypes();
 
     /**
-     * Returns {@code true} if this method can be inlined.
+     * Returns {@code true} if this method is not excluded from inlining and has associated Java
+     * bytecodes (@see {@link ResolvedJavaMethod#hasBytecodes()}).
      */
     boolean canBeInlined();
 
@@ -269,4 +270,22 @@
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the method has bytecodes associated with it. Methods without bytecodes are
+     * either abstract or native methods.
+     *
+     * @return whether the definition of this method is Java bytecodes
+     */
+    default boolean hasBytecodes() {
+        return isConcrete() && !isNative();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the method has a receiver parameter - i.e., whether it is not static.
+     * 
+     * @return whether the method has a receiver parameter
+     */
+    default boolean hasReceiver() {
+        return !isStatic();
+    }
 }