--- a/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.hpp	Wed Sep 10 09:05:31 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.hpp	Mon Sep 15 16:39:00 2014 -0400
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "memory/universe.hpp"
 #include "oops/klass.hpp"
 
+class fieldDescriptor;
 class klassVtable;
 
 // ArrayKlass is the abstract baseclass for all array classes
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@
   virtual oop multi_allocate(int rank, jint* sizes, TRAPS);
   objArrayOop allocate_arrayArray(int n, int length, TRAPS);
 
+  // find field according to JVM spec 5.4.3.2, returns the klass in which the field is defined
+  Klass* find_field(Symbol* name, Symbol* sig, fieldDescriptor* fd) const;
+
   // Lookup operations
   Method* uncached_lookup_method(Symbol* name, Symbol* signature, MethodLookupMode mode) const;